Moscato Frizzante

{Awards Tally}

Silver Medals 1
Bronze Medals 2

{Tasting Notes}

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Alfresco Moscato Frizzante

{THE FRUIT}

The Grant Burge Moscato Frizzante is a delicate style, suited to all styles of wine lovers and many different occasions. This wine is handcraft from Grant’s premium vineyards and respected growers throughout South Australia. The 2008/09 growing season saw average rainfalls throughout the year with a warm October and extreme heat just prior to vintage beginning. The warm temperature and lower levels of subsoil moisture saw the crops with lower yields than average, but also provided fruit of excellent quality.

{THE WINEMAKING}

The fruit was crushed and destemmed. The juice was then cold settled and inoculated with neutral yeast to retain the natural fruit characters of the Frontignac grape. The fermentation process was carried out at a cool temperature (below 10 degrees) for three weeks at which time the fermentation was stopped to retain natural grape sugars. The wine at just 7.6 % alcohol was then bottled early and under low temperatures to retain the natural carbon dioxide which appears in the wine as subtle elegant bubbles.

{THE COMMENTS}

The 2009 Moscato Frizzante is pale gold in colour and fills the air with light and lifted floral aromas and small beads of bubbles. Sweet spice and subtle herbaceous tones are complimented by hints of boiled sweets and musk. The palate is light in the mouth with floral and slight herbaceous tones continuing from the nose and is well balanced with the natural sweetness and crisp acidity. The wine finishes with a soft clean acid and lingering ‘frizzante’ dancing on your tongue. Lower in alcohol; the Moscato Frizzante is a wonderful drinking wine any time of the day, and any day of the year- suited as an aperitif or a perfect accompaniment to dessert, for examples- an orange scented panna-cotta with pears poached in the wine itself.

{THE REVIEWS}

(at first wine in range)

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