DOCG Sparkling Brand label

Canti Asti Spumante DOCG

A brand of Fratelli Martini Secondo Luigi, not an estate

Grape
Moscato
Denomination
Asti DOCG
Region
Piedmont
ABV
7%
Drink
Now to 2026

Canti's Asti is sweet Piedmont fizz, made from Moscato Bianco on the hills around Cossano Belbo. Just 7% alcohol, all peach, pear and orange blossom. Chill it hard and pour it with panettone or a fruit tart.

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2023 · 75cl · checked 27 Sep

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Tasting Notes

What Canti's Asti tastes like at 7% alcohol

The fruit comes off hills around Cossano Belbo, where Canti keeps its cellar. Nearly 500 Vivino drinkers describe the same three things: peach, apple and honey.

Tasted by
ItalianWines editorial (drinker consensus)
Tasted on
31 August 2026
Source
Drinker consensus · confidence Medium
Nose

Orange blossom and acacia first, then ripe peach and pear. Nearly 500 Vivino drinkers land on that same fruit, with apple and a little tangerine behind it. It smells of the grape itself, which is what Moscato Bianco does.

OrangeOrange
AcaciaAcacia
Orange blossomOrange blossom
AppleApple
GrapeGrape
PeachPeach
PearPear
HoneyHoney
Palate

Sweet, but light with it. The 2024 label lists about 8.5 grams of sugar in every 100 ml, and there is only 7% alcohol to carry it, so the wine stays soft rather than heavy. One short fermentation in a sealed tank keeps that grapey scent instead of trading it for bready flavours.

Finish

Short, clean and faintly honeyed, the note 19 Vivino reviewers picked out. The Asti rules set a floor on acidity, and you can feel it, because the sweetness stops rather than clings.

Overall

Vivino's crowd gives it 3.6 from 495 ratings, and the dated bottlings run higher at 4.0 to 4.1. This is the cheap, dependable end of Italy's most famous sweet sparkler, and it is best drunk young.

Drink now Best by 2026
Live UK pricing

Where to buy Canti Asti, and what a bottle should cost

Across the Asti DOCG bottles listed here the middle price sits near £12.50. Canti lands just under that, which is where a big brand usually sits.

Best price · 75 cl £8.93 at vinissimus
Price spread £8.93 - £14.90 Across 2 UK retailers tracked
Retailers tracked 2UK 2 in stock
Vintages live 2024 · 2023 Current release: 2024
Per-litre (75 cl basis) £11.91 Per-litre price for the lowest current offer
Last checked 27 Sep 2026 Refreshed once every 24 hours
Wine fit score

Where a 7% sweet Asti fits, in six scores

The scores follow what this wine is for. An £11 bottle at 7% alcohol is built for pudding, parties and a warm afternoon, not for a cellar.

Best intro to this style 9.0/10

Sweet, fizzy, low in alcohol and cheap. There is nothing to learn before you enjoy it, which is why Asti is where many people start with Italian wine.

Best value 7.2/10

Canti's cheapest live listing is £11.20, against a middle price near £12.50 for the Asti DOCG bottles on this site. Slightly under the going rate for a well-made, widely sold Asti.

Best with food 7.0/10

Sweet, aromatic and only 7%, so it is excellent with pudding, fresh fruit and chilli heat, and no use at all with a steak. A narrow range, but very strong inside it.

Best everyday bottle 6.6/10

Cheap and light enough to open on a Tuesday, and at 7% one glass is genuinely one glass. The sweetness still keeps it to pudding and pre-dinner rather than the whole meal.

Best for an occasion 6.2/10

Asti is Italy's birthday and Christmas bottle, and this is a proper DOCG one. It carries the moment, but at £11 it does not carry the drama of a grower Franciacorta.

Best for cellar 1.2/10

The Asti rules set no ageing time, and Moscato scent fades fast. The Italian shop selling the 2024 tells buyers to open it soon after it arrives.

Scoring is rule-based and deterministic. The model and weightings are documented in our Wine Fit Score methodology.

Denomination Compliance Snapshot

Asti in five fields

A compact view of what the Asti denomination actually requires, and how this bottle sits inside it. Pulled from the official Italian disciplinare.

Allowed grapes
1 varieties listed
This bottle: Moscato.
Minimum ageing
No statutory minimum
Producers release on their own schedule; 4 to 6 months in steel is typical.
Region / area
51 communes across the provinces of Asti, Cuneo and Alessandria, on hillside sites between 150 and 600 metres, preferably calcareous or calcareous-clay; valley floors and flat, light or damp soils are excluded.
Source: Disciplinare.
Style
DOCG · Asti
Minimum ABV at this colour: 11.5%.
Classification
DOCG (Denominazione di Origine Controllata e Garantita)
What that means →
Vintages

Asti 2023 and 2024: one dry year, one wet one

Piedmont's growers scored the 2023 Moscato at eight and a half out of ten after a hot, dry summer. In 2024 the rain came back, about five times as much, and picking slipped into September.

2024 Current release
Best price
£14.90
Retailers
1 in stock
ABV
7.0%
Window
Drink now through 2026

Rain returned in 2024, roughly five times as much as the year before, so the vines never went short of water. The Asti growers' lab found sugars close to the level Moscato needs for full scent, and picking went back to September.

2023 Previous release
Best price
£8.93
Retailers
1 in stock
ABV
7.0%
Window
Past peak

A hot, dry summer cut Piedmont's crop by about 14 per cent. Growers still marked the Moscato at eight and a half out of ten, and the wines came in lighter in alcohol than usual. Drink this one now.

2024 Current release
Best price
£14.90
Retailers
1 in stock
ABV
7.0%
Window
Drink now through 2026

Rain returned in 2024, roughly five times as much as the year before, so the vines never went short of water. The Asti growers' lab found sugars close to the level Moscato needs for full scent, and picking went back to September.

Drink-now / hold guidance reflects general style cues for this wine, not a forecast for a specific bottle. Where vintage-level editorial notes exist, they appear above.

The disciplinare, the place, the label

Why Asti can only come from these hills

The Asti rules allow almost nothing but Moscato Bianco, at least 97 per cent of it, from named villages in Cuneo, Asti and Alessandria. Vines on the flat valley floor are shut out. Only the slopes count.

01

DOC, DOCG, IGT: what the badges mean

Italian wine law sorts bottles into a pyramid. DOCG sits at the top: tightly drawn boundaries, prescribed grapes, mandatory ageing, government tasting before release. DOC is the same idea with looser thresholds. IGT (Indicazione Geografica Tipica) is broader still, requiring only that 85% of the grapes come from the named territory.

Asti is in the DOCG tier. That is not a quality verdict, it is a description of how much freedom the producer has at vinification and ageing.

02

The denomination rules, in detail

  • Allowed grapes. 1 varieties listed in the disciplinare
  • Yield ceiling. 10.0 tonnes per hectare
  • Minimum ABV. 11.5% vol
  • Minimum ageing. No statutory minimum - producers release on their own schedule
  • Tasting panel. Mandatory pre-release tasting commission
03

Region and area context

Asti falls within Piedmont, covering 51 communes across the provinces of Asti, Cuneo and Alessandria, on hillside sites between 150 and 600 metres, preferably calcareous or calcareous-clay; valley floors and flat, light or damp soils are excluded.. The denomination is further divided into 2 sub-zones.

Asti DOCG zone Wine routes in the zone

Made at Fratelli Martini Secondo Luigi, Cossano Belbo.

Wine routes in the zone: Asti and Monferrato Route, Langhe Nebbiolo Route.

04

Reading the label

  • Fratelli Martini Secondo LuigiProducer / estate
  • MoscatoGrape varieties
  • Asti DOCGGeographic indication and quality tier
  • 2024Vintage (year of harvest)
  • 7.0% volAlcohol by volume
05

What sits behind the price of Canti Asti

Tracked from
£8.93
Direction
Mostly cost down
Drivers
2 up / 3 down
Main factor
Moscato bought in from hill growers across three provinces
  1. 01

    Moscato bought in from hill growers across three provinces

    Cost down

    Canti does not farm all this fruit itself. The Asti rules allow a generous 10 tonnes of grapes off each hectare, so growers spread their costs over far more fruit than a Barolo estate can.

  2. 02

    One short tank fermentation, then straight into bottle

    Cost down

    Asti is made in a sealed tank in a matter of weeks, and the rules set no ageing time. Canti ships it young, so no cellar cost sits on the price.

  3. 03

    Heavy sparkling glass and a stamped cork, both required by law

    Cost up

    The Asti rules make a 750 ml bottle weigh at least 630 grams and ban plastic stoppers. The cork itself has to carry the word Asti stamped into it.

  4. 04

    UK duty, cut sharply by the low 7% strength

    Cost up

    At 7% this bottle pays about £1.40 of UK duty at the February 2026 rate. A 13% still wine pays close to £3.00. VAT adds a further £1.87 on an £11.20 sale.

  5. 05

    Canti's scale: 83 wines and 66,000 Vivino ratings behind one brand

    Cost down

    Fratelli Martini bottles the whole Canti range at Cossano Belbo. That volume spreads fixed costs thin, and is why a DOCG sparkler lands near £11 rather than £20.

01

Moscato bought in from hill growers across three provinces

Cost down

Canti does not farm all this fruit itself. The Asti rules allow a generous 10 tonnes of grapes off each hectare, so growers spread their costs over far more fruit than a Barolo estate can.

Perfect Pairings

Dishes that go with this wine

Panettone on stoneware bowl with Butter, Candied Peel, Egg

Panettone
Torta Della Nonna on stoneware bowl with Almond, Butter, Custard

Torta Della Nonna
Baci di Dama on stoneware bowl with Almond, Almond Flour, Butter

Baci di Dama
Strudel on stoneware bowl with Apple, Bread Crumbs, Butter

Strudel
Pastiera napoletana on stoneware bowl with Butter, Candied Peel, Egg

Pastiera napoletana
Food Pairing

Sweet fizz at 7%: what really works with Canti Asti

Canti points this wine at desserts and fresh fruit. The sugar does a second job too, because it calms chilli heat in a way a dry wine cannot.

Sweet balance Strong match

Puddings that are not sweeter than the wine

A sweet wine has to be at least as sweet as the plate, or it turns sour and thin. Canti carries roughly 8.5 grams of sugar per 100 ml. That covers most Italian home baking without going over it.

Try with: Panettone · Torta Della Nonna · Baci di Dama · Strudel · More pairings →

Fat cutting Good match

Butter, cream and custard fillings

Small steady bubbles and the acidity the Asti rules insist on scrub butter and custard off the tongue. A still sweet wine would sit on top of them instead.

Try with: Torta Della Nonna · Panettone · Cheesecake · More pairings →

Aromatic bridge Strong match

Orange flower, honey and perfumed Italian baking

Moscato Bianco smells of the grape itself, with orange blossom and acacia over the top. Pastiera napoletana is built on orange-flower water, so the wine and the plate share the same scent.

Try with: Pastiera napoletana · Panettone · Strudel · More pairings →

Salt balance Good match

Thai sweet, salty and hot, especially with chilli

Fish sauce brings salt, chillies bring heat, and sugar answers both. Canti's sweetness rounds off the salt and cools the burn. At 7% it also keeps the fire from flaring the way a strong wine does.

Try with: Mango Sticky Rice · Som Tam · Green curry · Chicken pad thai · More pairings →

Acidity matching Good match

Apple, pear and spiced biscuits

The Asti rules set a floor on acidity, so the wine keeps an edge even at this sugar level. That edge is what lets it sit next to baked apple or a dry biscuit without either side tasting flat.

Try with: Strudel · Cavallucci · Torta Della Nonna · More pairings →

Avoid Clash

Skip: dark chocolate, very sweet puddings and savoury mains

Three ways this goes wrong. Bitter cocoa fights the sugar and both lose. A pudding sweeter than the wine, such as baklava or sticky toffee, leaves it tasting sour. And savoury meat wants weight and grip, which a 7% sparkler has not got.

Skip with: Chocolate cake · Baklava · Sticky Toffee Pudding · Ossobuco alla Milanese · Pairing guide →

Drinking + cellar

Canti Asti is built to be drunk, not kept

Moscato scent fades, and the Asti rules set no ageing time at all. The Italian shop selling the 2024 tells buyers to open it soon.

Drinking window
2024 → 2026

Peak around 2025. Best in the years above; holds without falling over either side.

Decanting
Not needed

Pour it straight from the bottle.

Cellar potential
Low

The Asti rules set no ageing time, and Moscato scent fades fast. The Italian shop selling the 2024 tells buyers to open it soon after it arrives.

Buy now or wait?
Buy now

£8.93 for a 75cl bottle of the 2023, at Vinissimus, is the best price we track, and we have no signal of further discounting.

Sources & trust

Sources behind this Canti Asti page

Prices & stock

Read directly from each retailer’s public product page once a day. Last refresh: 27 Sep 2026, 02:16 BST. We do not hold stock and we do not accept payment for placement.

Confidence · High
Who owns this label

The name on the label is a brand of Fratelli Martini Secondo Luigi, not the estate that grew the grapes. Canti is a brand of Fratelli Martini Secondo Luigi S.p.A. (cantiwine.com, VAT 00164810046), recorded 15 Sep 2026. How we tell estate, shop and brand labels apart.

Confidence · High
Tasting notes

Drawn from what drinkers consistently report on Vivino and Wine-Searcher, summarised in our own words. A crowd read across many tasters, not a single critic.

Confidence · Medium
Appellation rules & ageing

From the official Italian disciplinare for this denomination, cross-checked against the Ministry of Agriculture register.

Confidence · High
Why it costs what it costs

Our reading of the price, drawn from the disciplinare, public UK duty rates, and typical landed-cost benchmarks. Not a quote from the producer or a retailer.

Confidence · Medium
Drink window & cellar potential

Style guidance for this kind of wine at this price point. Treat it as advice, not a forecast for the bottle in your hand.

Confidence · Medium
Related

Moscato, Asti DOCG and Piedmont: what Canti connects to

Producer
Fratelli Martini Secondo Luigi Piedmont
Grapes
Moscato
Denomination
Asti DOCG
Region
Piedmont Region guide
Cuisine
Italian Cuisine 5 dishes paired

Common Questions

Sweet. Asti DOCG keeps the natural sugar of the Moscato grape, and the 2024 label lists about 8.5 grams of sugar in every 100 ml. It tastes of ripe fruit rather than syrup, because the acidity holds it up.

Peach, apple and pear, with orange blossom on top and a little honey at the end. Those are the words Vivino drinkers keep using across 495 ratings. The bubbles are small and steady rather than aggressive.

7% alcohol, about half the strength of a normal wine. A glass after dinner will not floor you. It also means the bottle pays roughly £1.40 of UK duty, where a 13% wine pays close to £3.00.

Pudding, above all. Canti points it at desserts and fresh fruit, and panettone is the classic Italian match. It also handles chilli heat, because sugar calms a burning tongue better than water does.

No, although both come from Moscato Bianco grown in the same villages. Asti is fully sparkling and sealed with a cork and a cage. Moscato d'Asti is only gently fizzy, lower in alcohol, and sold in a plain still-wine bottle.

Open it within two years of the harvest year on the label. The scent is the whole point of this wine and it fades. The Italian shop selling the 2024 tells buyers plainly to drink it soon after it arrives.

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