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Fontanafredda Moscato d'Asti Le Fronde

Fontanafredda

Grape
Moscato
Denomination
Asti DOCG
Region
Piedmont
ABV
5%
Body
Light
Drink
Now to 2026

An organic Moscato d'Asti from Fontanafredda, sweet and lightly fizzy at just 5% alcohol. Orange blossom, sage and honey on the nose, fresh grape on the palate. Drink it young, with fruit desserts or on its own.

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2025 · 75cl · checked 25 Oct · Delivery usually £16.90, free over £129

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Where to buy Fontanafredda Moscato d'Asti Le Fronde

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Tasting Notes

What Fontanafredda's Le Fronde Moscato d'Asti tastes like

Le Fronde smells of musk, orange blossom, sage and honey, and tastes of honey and just-picked grapes. At 5% alcohol it is light, sweet and softly fizzy.

Tasted by
ItalianWines editorial, from the producer's notes
Tasted on
16 February 2023
Source
Producer notes · confidence High
Body
Light, from a UK shop's listing
Nose

Musk, orange blossom, sage and honey rise straight from the glass. The scent is the Moscato grape itself, from organic hill vineyards around Alba and Asti.

Orange blossomOrange blossom
GrapeGrape
PeachPeach
PearPear
HoneyHoney
Palate

Sweet, light and softly fizzy, with honey and the taste of just-picked grapes. Fontanafredda stops the fermentation by chilling the wine at 5% alcohol, so much of the grape sugar stays. Fresh acidity keeps that sweetness in balance.

Finish

Honey and fresh grape linger for a while, with barely any bitterness at the end. At 5% alcohol, the next sip comes easily.

Overall

Le Fronde is the organic Moscato d'Asti in Fontanafredda's classic range, and it is ready a few weeks after the harvest. Drinkers rate it well and pick out peach, pear and honey most. Open the 2025 by the end of 2026, with fruit, light cakes or on its own.

Drink now Best by 2026
Live UK pricing

Where to buy Le Fronde Moscato d'Asti in the UK

Two UK shops sell the 2025 Le Fronde, both at about £12 a bottle. At 5% alcohol, only about £1 of that is UK duty, much less than on a 12% wine.

Best price · 75 cl · 2025 £11.90 at Vino.com
Price spread · 75cl · 2025 £11.90 - £12.00 Across 2 UK retailers with 75cl · 2025 in stock
Retailers · 75cl · 2025 2UK 2 in stock
Vintages live 2025 Current release: 2025
Per-litre (75cl · 2025 basis) £15.87 Lowest current 75cl · 2025 offer
Last checked 25 Oct 2026 Refreshed once every 24 hours
Wine fit score

Le Fronde Moscato d'Asti: the Italian Wine Fit Score

Le Fronde does best on Best intro to this style and Best value: it is sweet, light, only 5% alcohol and about £12.

Best intro to this style 8.8/10

Sweet, softly fizzy, fragrant and only 5% alcohol, Le Fronde is an easy first taste of Moscato d'Asti. There is nothing hard to like in it.

Best value 7.2/10

At about £12, Le Fronde sits a little below the middle of UK prices for Moscato d'Asti, and it is certified organic. Fair value rather than a bargain.

Best everyday bottle 6.0/10

Light, low in alcohol and about £12, it suits a weekend pudding or brunch more than a weeknight dinner, since it does not go with savoury food.

Best with food 5.8/10

Le Fronde is at its best with light cakes, fresh fruit and creamy puddings, or on its own before dinner. Its sweetness and 5% alcohol make it a poor match for savoury mains.

Best for an occasion 4.5/10

A cheerful bottle for a birthday cake, a summer party or the Christmas panettone. It comes from Fontanafredda's classic range, so it is not a showpiece.

Best for cellar 0.8/10

Fontanafredda says this wine should be drunk very young. Keeping it only fades the fresh grape scent that is the point of the bottle.

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

The 2025 Le Fronde: a young Moscato d'Asti to drink by 2026

Both UK offers are for the 2025. Fontanafredda makes Le Fronde to be drunk very young, so the newest year is the one to buy.

2025 Current release
Best price
£11.90
Retailers
2 in stock
ABV
5.0%
Window
Drink now through 2026

Early reports on the 2025 Moscato harvest around Asti pointed to a very good year, with steady ripening and grapes that kept their acidity. Drink it young, by the end of 2026.

2025 Current release
Best price
£11.90
Retailers
2 in stock
ABV
5.0%
Window
Drink now through 2026

Early reports on the 2025 Moscato harvest around Asti pointed to a very good year, with steady ripening and grapes that kept their acidity. Drink it young, by the end of 2026.

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

How Fontanafredda makes Le Fronde Moscato d'Asti

Le Fronde comes from organic vineyards on limestone-rich clay around Alba and Asti, 250 to 400 metres up. Fontanafredda stops the fermentation at 5% alcohol by chilling the wine to 0°C, which keeps the grape's sweetness.

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 The producer Wine routes in the zone

Made at Fontanafredda, Serralunga d'Alba. Directions

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

04

Reading the label

  • FontanafreddaProducer / estate
  • MoscatoGrape varieties
  • Asti DOCGGeographic indication and quality tier
  • 2025Vintage (year of harvest)
  • 5.0% volAlcohol by volume
05

What sits behind the price of Fontanafredda Moscato d'Asti Le Fronde

Tracked from
£11.90
Direction
Mostly cost down
Drivers
2 up / 2 down
Main factor
Low UK duty at 5% alcohol
  1. 01

    Low UK duty at 5% alcohol

    Cost down

    Wine of 3.5% to 8.4% alcohol pays £26.61 duty per litre of pure alcohol, so a 75 cl bottle at 5% pays about £1.00, against £2.76 for a 12% wine. With VAT of £2.00, about £3 of a £12 bottle is tax.

  2. 02

    Ready to sell weeks after the harvest

    Cost down

    Fontanafredda says Le Fronde is ready a few weeks after the harvest. With no long ageing, there is no stock to hold for years before sale.

  3. 03

    Certified organic vineyards around Alba and Asti

    Cost up

    Fontanafredda farms Le Fronde organically, with EU certification, so no synthetic weedkillers are used. The vines grow on hills 250 to 400 metres up, at 5,000 vines a hectare.

  4. 04

    A smaller 2025 Moscato crop

    Cost up

    For the 2025 harvest, Asti DOCG growers could pick at most 9 tonnes of Moscato a hectare, down from 10, with half a tonne of that held in storage. The cut was meant to keep supply in balance with demand.

01

Low UK duty at 5% alcohol

Cost down

Wine of 3.5% to 8.4% alcohol pays £26.61 duty per litre of pure alcohol, so a 75 cl bottle at 5% pays about £1.00, against £2.76 for a 12% wine. With VAT of £2.00, about £3 of a £12 bottle is tax.

Perfect Pairings

Dishes that go with this wine

Trifle, plated

Trifle
Cheesecake, plated

Cheesecake
Flan plated with egg, milk, sugar

Flan
Baci di Dama on stoneware bowl with Almond, Almond Flour, Butter

Baci di Dama
Food Pairing

Le Fronde Moscato d'Asti with cakes, fruit and creamy puddings

Fontanafredda suggests Le Fronde on its own or with fine, delicate sweets. Its sweetness meets the sugar in a dessert, and its light fizz and fresh acidity stop cream from feeling heavy.

Sweet balance Strong match

Light Italian cakes and biscuits

A dessert wine should be at least as sweet as the dessert. Moscato d'Asti Le Fronde has the honeyed sweetness to match a light cake, so the wine never tastes thin. Its soft fizz lifts a buttery crumb such as panettone.

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

Aromatic bridge Strong match

Fresh fruit, from peaches to strawberries

Moscato d'Asti smells of fresh grape and orange blossom, and that fruity scent links straight to ripe fruit. The sweetness and light fizz of Le Fronde make peaches and strawberries taste juicier.

Try with: Peaches and cream · Strawberries · Fruit salad · Eton Mess

Fat cutting Good match

Creamy puddings and custard

The fresh acidity and soft bubbles in Moscato d'Asti cut through cream and custard, so each spoonful feels lighter. The honey note in Le Fronde sits well with vanilla.

Try with: Trifle · Panna cotta · Zabaglione · Bread and Butter Pudding

Salt balance Good match

Salty bites before dinner

Salt makes a sweet wine taste fresher and fruitier. A cold glass of Moscato d'Asti Le Fronde with ham and melon or salted nuts makes a light start to the evening, and at 5% alcohol it stays gentle.

Try with: Prosciutto and melon · Salted almonds · Grissini · Gorgonzola dolce

Avoid Clash

Dark chocolate, coffee desserts and red meat

Bitter cocoa and roast coffee flatten the delicate grape scent of Moscato d'Asti. A pudding sweeter than the wine makes it taste thin, and at 5% alcohol it has too little body for red meat.

Skip with: Chocolate cake · Tiramisu · Sticky Toffee Pudding · Roast beef · Pairing guide →

Drinking + cellar

Drink Le Fronde young: no cellaring needed

Fontanafredda says Le Fronde is ready a few weeks after the harvest and should be drunk very young. Buy it to drink, not to keep, and open the 2025 by the end of 2026.

Drinking window
2025 → 2026

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

Decanting
Not needed

Pour it straight from the bottle.

Cellar potential
Low

Fontanafredda says this wine should be drunk very young. Keeping it only fades the fresh grape scent that is the point of the bottle.

Buy now or wait?
Buy now

£11.90 for a 75cl bottle of the 2025, at Vino.com, is the best price we track, and we have no signal of further discounting.

Sources & trust

Sources for Fontanafredda Le Fronde Moscato d'Asti

Prices & stock

Read directly from each retailer’s public product page once a day. Last refresh: 25 Oct 2026, 03:55 BST. We do not hold stock and we do not accept payment for placement.

Confidence · High
Tasting notes

Based on the producer's published tasting notes.

Confidence · High
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

Le Fronde, Fontanafredda, Moscato and the Asti DOCG

Producer
Fontanafredda Piedmont
Grapes
Moscato
Denomination
Asti DOCG
Region
Piedmont Region guide
Cuisine
British Cuisine 1 dishes paired Italian Cuisine 1 dishes paired International Cuisine 1 dishes paired

Common Questions

It tastes sweet, light and softly fizzy, with honey and fresh grape. The nose brings musk, orange blossom, sage and honey. Fresh acidity keeps the sweetness from feeling heavy.

Le Fronde is a sweet wine with just 5% alcohol, under half the strength of most table wine. Fontanafredda stops the fermentation by chilling the wine at 5% alcohol, so much of the grape's natural sugar stays in the bottle.

Light cakes, fresh fruit and creamy puddings suit it best. Try it with panettone, peaches and cream or a trifle, or pour it on its own before dinner. Skip dark chocolate and coffee desserts, which flatten its grape scent.

No, they are two different wines. Le Fronde is the organic Moscato d'Asti in Fontanafredda's classic range, at 5% alcohol, made to drink young. Moncucco comes from the Moncucco site in Santo Stefano Belbo, has 5.5% alcohol and rests on its fine yeast for at least 10 months.

Drink the 2025 by the end of 2026. Fontanafredda says the wine is ready a few weeks after the harvest and should be drunk very young, so there is nothing to gain from keeping it.

About £12 a bottle. Two UK shops sell the 2025, both at about £12 for a 75 cl bottle, a little below the middle of UK prices for Moscato d'Asti.

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