Acini Perduti

This wine draws on the remote past and takes its cue from the book by G.B. Croce, Goldsmith, agronomist and oenologist; who after having held court offices, in the Turin of Emanuele Filiberto di Savoia and Carlo Emanuele I, wrote in 1606 the treatise "Of the excellence and diversity of the wines made in the Mountain of Turinand of the way he wants to make them ... From the chapter " Of the most excellent black and white grapes of the Mountain of Turin, of which we have to make the wines in this treatise decritti " He drew on the ways to make this wine going to recover a vine now disappeared from the Canavese, What was the "Evil similarly nostral makes the grapes longa, and thick, with long grains: it is good to eat, and to make wine, as it is sweet, & the taste of the grapes." combined with Erbalus (Erbaluce). A wine that tells a long history, almost an archaeological find that brings us back to the splendor of the court of Savoy of the late 1500 and the subsequent emigration of 1800 of the Piedmontese in California where the Malvasia Moscata came to their entourage. A sip of intriguing past.

It goes well with starters of various kinds, with savory cakes, with risotto and pasta based on vegetables, mushrooms, fish and in particular with bottarga. Dishes characterized by light spices, sea and octopus salad. Fried seafood, tempura vegetables, mushrooms. It is also ideal with young or medium-aged cheeses, in particular goats.