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Tenimenti Ca' Bianca, Moscato d'Asti 2018
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By Daniel Min · Tasted 2020-01-18 · Published 2026-09-19 · Updated 2026-09-19
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4.0/5 — higher than Vivino's 3.9 average · world avg price US$22 · Ca' Bianca opened in 1952 in Alice Bel Colle, in Piemonte's Alessandria area, and is now part of Italy's largest wine group, Gruppo Italiano Vini.
No critic scores registered on Vivino
Market note: Overseas retail runs US$16–18 for recent vintages (saratogawine.com and others, checked Sept 2026). Moscato d'Asti is a style meant to be drunk young and fresh, so it moves through retail quickly rather than sitting in cellars.
Father's note — Daniel Min
Original author of the notes“Pale apple juice color. Peach, apricot, apple, pear, honey, cheese, yogurt flavor. Topical fruits jam aroma. 편의점에서 … 가볍게 사서 마셨는데 너무 좋네요. 기분 좋은 와인 입니다.”
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“Pale apple juice color. Peach, apricot, apple, pear, honey, cheese, yogurt flavor. Topical fruits jam aroma. 편의점에서 […] 가볍게 사서 마셨는데~~ 넘 좋네요~~^^ 기분좋은 와인 입니다.”
What I learned today: sometimes a market opens the drawer before the glass does.
At lunch I walked through the market near the office. Pears and apples piled high in front of the fruit stall, and next door someone was unloading yogurt by the box. The smell of honey, of pears, of tart yogurt came into my nose all at once.
The drawer opened right there. Without a glass. January when I was twenty-one, a Saturday night after the snow had stopped. Father came in with a convenience-store bag and stood a bottle wrapped in cloth on the table. A color like pale apple juice rose in the glass, sweet and faintly tickling. That night, for the first time, I finished a whole glass. I don't know the bottle's name.
I bought two pears at the market and carried them to the bar. Master Seo peeled one without a word, laid the slices on a plate, and set beside it a glass with fine bubbles rising. When I brought it to my nose, the afternoon market came back. Peach, apricot, honey, and yogurt.
I opened the notebook: "Picked it up casually at a convenience store~~ so good~~^^" Two tildes and a smiling face. Lines this happy are rare in Father's notebook.
What I learned today: sometimes a market opens the drawer before the glass does.
What this wine is
Moscato d'Asti and Asti Spumante are often confused, but they're made differently. The light, low-alcohol style we know as Moscato d'Asti today traces back to 1898, when Federico Martinotti of Asti patented a sealed, low-temperature tank-fermentation method (the autoclave). Later rediscovered in France as the "Charmat method," this technique lets winemakers stop the second fermentation early, leaving behind roughly 5% alcohol, residual sugar and a gentle fizz — the Moscato d'Asti we drink today. Asti Spumante uses the same Moscato Bianco grape but carries fermentation further, giving stronger bubbles and higher alcohol. A production consortium set the boundaries in 1932, and the wine was elevated to DOCG status in 1993.
The winery behind this bottle, Ca' Bianca, opened in 1952 in Alice Bel Colle, in the Alto Monferrato area near Acqui Terme, in Piemonte's Alessandria province. It's headquartered at Cascina Spagna, a farmstead with roots dating to the 1620s, and in August 1997 it added the nine-hectare Cascina Polsino vineyard. Today Ca' Bianca is part of Gruppo Italiano Vini (GIV), Italy's largest wine group, producing wines across several appellations in Monferrato and the Langhe.
This site has covered another Moscato d'Asti before — Natale Verga (4.5 stars), a small négociant based in Cermenate, Lombardy. Both share the same grape and low-alcohol style, but where Natale Verga buys in grapes from outside Asti and bottles them, Ca' Bianca is a producer with its own vineyards and a long history right inside Alto Monferrato.
What the world says
The 2018 vintage averages 3.9 from 524 Vivino ratings — slightly below the label-wide average of 4.0 from 4,274 ratings. The distribution runs 256 fours, 146 threes and 96 fives. No critic scores are on file.
The flavor keywords lead with a tree-fruit group — apple, peach, pear — at 179 mentions, followed by an earthy group of honey and minerals (65) and citrus led by lemon (44). Structure: acidity 2.7, intensity 2.5, fizziness 1.2 — the lightest, gentlest profile of any sparkling wine covered on this site, a completely different weight class from Champagnes like Krug (fizziness 4.2) or Dom Pérignon.
"Very nice for dessert. Pale yellow, sweet and fizzy, bright acidity. Peach, pear, apricot, ripe apple, mango and cheese. Paired with dried persimmon." — Vivino review, Jul 2020, 4.0 stars
"Yum. I love sweet wine. Because of covid I can't have earthy oaky wines, but this fizz you barely even feel. Light and fluffy — I had two glasses." — Vivino review, Feb 2021, 4.0 stars
The recommended drinking window is 2018–2023, already past — but that's expected for a style built to be enjoyed young rather than cellared.
How I drank it
"Pale apple juice color. Peach, apricot, apple, pear, honey, cheese, yogurt flavor. Tropical fruit jam aroma. Bought it casually, on a whim... turned out really good! A wine that puts you in a good mood." 18 January 2020, 4.0 stars. The heart of this note is unexpected satisfaction from a wine bought without much thought — the careful color, aroma and flavor notes suggest a bottle opened casually that turned into a genuinely pleasant surprise.
The cheese and yogurt notes I wrote overlap with Vivino's dairy-and-yeast group (13 mentions), and peach, apricot, apple and pear line up exactly with the top tree-fruit keywords. My 4.0 is a touch above the Vivino community average of 3.9, though half a point below the 4.5 I gave Natale Verga — two Moscato d'Asti wines on this site so far, both generously scored, both in the same easy-drinking, low-alcohol lane.
Vivino community data
2018 vintage rating distribution (524 ratings, average 3.9)
| 5★ | 96 (18%) | |
| 4★ | 256 (49%) | |
| 3★ | 146 (28%) | |
| 2★ | 16 (3%) | |
| 1★ | 10 (2%) |
Most-mentioned aromas
| Family | Mentions | Top keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Tree fruit & apple | 179 | apple 64 · peach 47 · pear 40 · apricot 13 · green apple 7 |
| Earth | 65 | honey 60 · minerals 3 · truffle 1 · rubber 1 |
| Citrus | 44 | lemon 26 · citrus 12 · lime 3 · orange 2 · meyer lemon 1 |
| Tropical fruit | 23 | pineapple 8 · tropical 6 · fruit cup 4 · mango 3 · lychee 1 |
| Dairy & yeast | 13 | cheese 6 · yogurt 3 · banana 2 · cream 2 |
| Floral | 9 | elderflower 3 · jasmine 2 · orange blossom 2 · acacia 1 · honeysuckle 1 |
| Oak | 5 | butter 2 · caramel 1 · chocolate 1 · vanilla 1 |
Structure: Acidity 2.7/5 · Intensity 2.5/5 · Fizziness 1.2/5
Average by vintage (all vintages: 4274 ratings, average 4.0)
| Vintage | Average | Ratings |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 3.7 | 34 |
| 2008 | 4.0 | 53 |
| 2009 | 4.1 | 44 |
| 2010 | 3.9 | 82 |
| 2011 | 3.8 | 94 |
| 2012 | 3.9 | 124 |
| 2013 | 3.9 | 227 |
| 2014 | 4.0 | 201 |
| 2015 | 3.9 | 180 |
| 2016 | 4.1 | 473 |
| 2017 | 4.0 | 262 |
| 2018 | 3.9 | 524 |
| 2019 | 4.0 | 523 |
| 2020 | 4.2 | 433 |
| 2021 | 4.1 | 240 |
| 2022 | 4.2 | 183 |
| 2023 | 4.0 | 118 |
| 2024 | 4.1 | 72 |
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What kind of wine is Ca' Bianca Moscato d'Asti 2018?
A low-alcohol (5%), sweet sparkling wine made from 100% Moscato Bianco by Ca' Bianca in Alto Monferrato (Alice Bel Colle), Piemonte. Vivino: 524 ratings averaging 3.9, with no critic scores on file.
How much does it cost?
World average pending on Wine-Searcher. Overseas retail runs US$16–18 for recent vintages (saratogawine.com and others, checked Sept 2026).
What food pairs well with it?
Vivino users suggest fruity desserts and aperitif service. Its sweetness and gentle fizz make it an easy, casual choice for light desserts or a pre-meal pour.
How is Moscato d'Asti different from Asti Spumante?
Both are made from Moscato Bianco, but Moscato d'Asti stops fermentation early, leaving around 5% alcohol with gentle fizz and sweetness, while Asti Spumante ferments further for stronger bubbles and higher alcohol. A sealed low-temperature tank method patented in 1898 (the autoclave, later reborn in France as the "Charmat method") made this style split possible.
Links & sources
View on Vivino · Prices on Wine-Searcher
- Vivino — wine page and community data
- Gruppo Italiano Vini official — Tenimenti Ca' Bianca
- Wikipedia — Moscato d'Asti
- Wikipedia — Alice Bel Colle
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