CHF 26.00
Aura is 100% Moscato Bianco from Valdisole's sandy Roero vineyards, macerated on its skins for eight to nine months under a submerged cap, unfined and unfiltered. Straw yellow with golden reflections, it opens on lemon, orange zest, honey, quince and wisteria, with a musky, sage-like undertone. The palate is dry, intense and fresh, carrying a saline mineral edge and the faintest tannic grip through a long, salivating finish. Each bottle is hand-wrapped in sand gathered from the vineyard, tying it literally to the land it comes from. A quietly poetic Moscato unlike any other...
Born in the south of Italy, a biologist by training, Giuseppe Amato now lives in Turin, where his passion for wine had been itching for a few years and in 2015 he set out with a few vines north of Alba, helped by winemaker friends. Together with his partner, Kyriaki Kalimeri, he founded Valdisole, a true ambassador of the sandy soils of the Roero...