The 2007 La Spinetta Vigneto Biancospino Moscato d’Asti is a wonderful Piedmont wine that deserves a little recognition. I recently tasted this wine with a chocolate pairing and wrote about it to support Wine Blogging Wednesday.

This producer has been making wine in the heart of the Moscato d’Asti country since 1977, which is home to [and known for] light and simple dessert wines. La Spinetta believed that the Moscato grape had a potential to produce exquisite wines from this region, hence "Vigneto Biancospino". They certainly accomplished their goal, because I was blown away by this wine. It has the ability to flaunt its finesse while equality commanding a presence of vigor unlike other lightly styled dessert wines from this region.

As for tasting, this wine is light and refreshing, with lively acidity and good balance with a zesty, slightly sweet citrus finish. It almost tastes like you are eating a peach at its perfection of ripeness – it really is that good.

As mentioned previously, I paired this with a 0% cacao 30% cocoa butter white chocolate, which picked up the creaminess of the chocolate considerably well. This is a traditional desert wine, but it would also be great as an aperitif or an afternoon sipper. It’s is a wonderful little wine that deserves special recognition - pick up a bottle and indulge in a little piece of Piedmont, and at a reasonable price ($11 for a 375 ML), its hard to pass up! ~Pamela Heiligenthal

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