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Dry Asti and Canelli
[vc_row full_screen_section_height=”no”][vc_column][vc_column_text]Piedmont, a land of tradition par excellence, has in fact recently changed its wine panorama quite a bit.
THEAsti secco, recently approved and at the centre of heated debates due to its similarity with the most famous sparkling wine of the moment, Prosecco, can be seen as the emblem of this change, in this case visceral.
For years, in fact, Asti and Moscato d'Asti have been synonymous with sweet sparkling wine, essential in every celebration.
A trend now overtaken by dry bubbles:
How many Prosecco adverts have you seen in newspapers at Christmas and how many for Asti or Moscato?
However, a recent Nomisma-Wine Monitor report investigating the presence of native white wines on the menus of Italian restaurants listed in guides finds an antithetical trend: the research shows that “finally, Moscato is omnipresent, in the majority of cases understood in its interpretation as a sweet wine”.
These days, however, Asti and the Consortium are at the center of attention for other reasons.
First,
for the election of new President regarding which there have been some dramatic changes with the rise among the possible candidates of new entries such as Flavio Scagliola (for details I refer to the timely article SaporidelPiemonte.net, here: http://www.saporidelpiemonte.net/blog/elezioni-al-consorzio-dellasti-la-spuntano-i-dissidenti-di-scuola-ctm-che-sfruttano-liti-e-divisioni-della-parte-agricola-la-cia-accusa-nomi-vecchi-e-non-graditi-lindustria-res/ ).
In secundis,
for the proposal of a “Moscato di Canelli Docg” (to be transformed over time into a “Canelli Docg”, as happened for the Cortese di Gavi, which later became Gavi, or for the Dolcetto di Dogliani which became Dogliani) put forward by a group of producers born about 10 years ago in the town of the same name.
To date, Canelli is, in fact, recognized as a sub-zone of Asti Docg and certainly the proposal to strengthen the name of the territory in relation to the grape variety/name of the wine would allow for greater protection at a European and global level.
The proposal follows the path taken at the time by the Nice docg (and it is no coincidence since many companies produce both Nizza and Moscato), which was put on the market with this name on 1 July 2016 and bottled by 38 producers. The idea of promoting the production of Barbera in Nizza can be read within a territorial promotion path supported by UNESCO recognition and specifically, in the desire to create a production pyramid that sees the Piemonte Doc Barbera at the base and, going up, Barbera D'Asti Classico and Superiore Docg and, finally, at the top the Nizza Docg, with its 4 types: Nice, Nice Vineyard, Nice Reserve, Nice Vineyard Reserve.
At the level of Barbaresco It is worth mentioning the renewed desire of the Gaja family to bottle CRussian obstacle, Sorì Tildin e San Lorenzo was born as Barbaresco and no longer with the Langhe denomination, which attests to the favour that this denomination has been meeting in recent years.
As regards the Barolo, the changes are rather found at a social level, with the increasing presence of foreign investors, exemplified by the acquisition of the historic winery by Krause Holding Drive.
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