In the glass
Aroma: orange blossom, candied orange peel, honey, apricot, floral muscat
Palate: intense sweetness, orange preserve, exotic spice, concentrated stone fruit
The defining wine of the Colli Euganei Fior d'Arancio DOCG, Italy's most aromatic dessert wine appellation. Moscato Giallo grapes are dried (passito) on bamboo racks in the volcanic Euganean Hills; the intensely floral and orange-scented result is unlike any other Italian sweet wine.
What it pairs with
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Cantucci e vin santo (almond biscotti)
The regional tradition of dunking almond biscuits in a sweet, aromatic wine applies perfectly. -
Orange blossom panna cotta
The wine's floral orange character creates a seamless echo with the dessert. -
Mature Asiago stravecchio
Sweet wine and aged hard cheese is a classic Italian pairing; the orange blossom cuts through the crystalline fat.
History
Vignalta has been the benchmark producer of Colli Euganei Fior d'Arancio since the DOCG's establishment. The Euganean Hills (Colli Euganei) are volcanic, rising steeply from the Padovan plain south of Padua. Moscato Giallo has been grown here for centuries for its compatibility with the volcanic soil and warm microclimate. The passito style (dried grape) was formalised with the creation of the DOCG in 2010.
- 1992 — Vignalta first produces a Fior d'Arancio Passito from dried Moscato Giallo on the Euganean Hills.
- 2010 — Colli Euganei Fior d'Arancio elevated to DOCG.
Facts
- Producer
- Vignalta
- Grapes
- Moscato Giallo
- Classification
- Colli Euganei Fior d'Arancio DOCG
- Oak
- Aged in small oak and stainless steel after fermentation on dried skins
- ABV
- 13.5%
- Price
- EUR 25-40 at retail (375ml)
- Drinking window
- 5-20 from vintage
- First vintage
- 1992