DeMarie, Moscato d'Asti, 2023 Graham Beck

DeMarie, Moscato d'Asti, 2023 Graham BeckToday Moscato grape has found its chosen home in a hilly range of 52 tiny villages running through three provinces in South Piedmont, but the latest scientific research tells us that the moscato was actually the first grape ever cultivated, the progenitor of the entire vinegrowing industry and the mother of all the infinite varieties that have evolved to our days. Every year this grape is pressed as they used to press it in the seventeenth century.

Lynch-Bages has continued to produce excellent wines

made for a vintage that is certain to be outstanding

baking temperatures and lots of sunshine are also the prevalent in this region

Connoisseurs will recognise the texture of this wine

This subtle blend results in a light

Alfonso Valdespino was one of 24 knights who fought against the Arabs for the city of Jerez with King Alfonso X

whereas the more vigorous Sauvignon Blanc is 90% spur pruned and 10% Single Guyot pruned

The vineyards are planted on south-facing granite slopes nestled between the villages of Saint-Julien and-Saint-Alban

vintage 2008 (available since June 2021)

a contemporary artist creates a work of art and a series of limited edition labels drawing inspiration from the single word chosen by the Winemaker to describe the character of the new vintage

The estate is high up in the Alentejo hills

This is made by the Pintia winery