Paolo Saracco, Moscato d’Asti DOP (Piedmont, Italy) 2021

 I like to have a bottle of Moscato d’Asti like this one from Paolo Saracco on hand to complete dinner.  Its yummy aromas and flavors of peaches wrapped in honeysuckle with Meyer lemon zest and light, lively refreshing fizz is very satisfying.  Paolo Caracco grows 50 hectares of Moscato grapes in vineyards at various elevations in the region to provide the layered flavors.  Founded in 1900 by Luigi Saracco, their wines were sold in bulk for Vermouth.  From 1950 to 1988, Luigi’s son. Giovanni, expanded their vineyards, selling grapes to producers of Asti Spumante.  Beginning in 1998, Giovanni’s son  Paolo studied oenology and decided to bottle their wines.  Thus was born the  Paolo Saracco Moscato d’Asti.