Rinaldi Bug Juice Pink Moscato d'Asti N.V. (Piedmont, Italy) – Artisan W&S

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Last updated 05 Jun 2024

Rinaldi Bug Juice Pink Moscato d'Asti N.V. (Piedmont, Italy) – Artisan W&S

About This Wine:This wine, with light rosé color, strikes for its scent of spices and fruits. Its acid freshness suits its sweetness and offers a well balanced wine. Ratings & Reviews Robert Parker's Wine Advocate:"Made from 100% Moscato d’Asti, and incredibly packaged with a fabulous label, the 2011 Rinaldi Moscat
About This Wine:This wine, with light rosé color, strikes for its scent of spices and fruits. Its acid freshness suits its sweetness and offers a well balanced wine. Ratings & Reviews Robert Parker's Wine Advocate:Made from 100% Moscato d’Asti, and incredibly packaged with a fabulous label, the 2011 Rinaldi Moscato d’Asti “Bug Juice” is pure spring flowers, fresh pineapple, honeysuckle, peach and apricot, which all soar from the glass. With about 5% alcohol, it is a gloriously fresh Moscato fruit-bomb. Drink it over the next year. The good news is that there are about 5,000 cases of it imported to the United States, and importer Fran Kysela says that his favorite accompaniment to this wine is a big wedge of Gorgonzola cheese. Rinaldi made a 2011 “Bug Juice” Pink from 90% Moscato d’Asti and 10% Brachetto d’Acqui. This is an addictive, light pink-colored, frothy rose that is quite low in alcohol, with deliciously sweet strawberry and cherry notes intermixed with hints of peach and apricot. Just stunning, there is much less of it available (800 cases). I can imagine that if you’re sitting by the pool on a hot summer day, this wine would be the perfect accompaniment. - Robert Parker (Jun 2012)