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Toso Moscato d'Asti Fiocco di Vite

A brand of Toso, not an estate

Grape
Moscato
Denomination
Asti DOCG
Region
Piedmont
ABV
5.5%
Drink
2025: 2026 to 2027

A sweet, gently fizzy Moscato d'Asti from Toso's Fiocco di Vite range, at just 5.5% alcohol. Elderflower, sage and citrus meet peach and pear. Drink it young and chilled, with fruit puddings or panettone.

Best price
£12.90

2025 · 75cl · checked 6 Nov · Delivery charges may apply

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Where to buy Toso Moscato d'Asti Fiocco di Vite

£12.90 best price · 1 retailer with 75cl · 2025 in stock · checked 6 Nov 2026

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Vinissimus Best price 2025 · 75cl · checked 6 Nov · Delivery charges may apply
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£12.90 £17.20/L
QuieroVinos Best price Not stated · 75cl · checked 6 Nov · From Spain: delivery from €15.25, UK duty and VAT extra
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£8.27 £11.03/L

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Tasting Notes

What Toso's Fiocco di Vite Moscato d'Asti tastes like

More than a hundred years ago Vincenzo Toso decided the family company had to move to where Moscato grows. Moscato d'Asti and Asti slowly became the house's main wines, and this is the Moscato of its Fiocco di Vite line.

Tasted by
ItalianWines editorial
Tasted on
19 October 2026
Source
Drinker consensus · confidence Medium
Nose

Elderflower, sage and citrus rise over a floral, fruity scent, the notes Toso's own sheet names. It is as aromatic as the Moscato grapes it comes from.

Citrusy fruitCitrusy fruit
ElderflowerElderflower
AppleApple
PeachPeach
PearPear
HoneyHoney
Palate

Sweet and aromatic, with a gentle fizz and only 5.5% alcohol. Peach, pear and apple are the fruit drinkers mention most. The Moscato comes from the hills above the Belbo Valley.

Finish

It finishes sweet and aromatic, true to the taste on Toso's own sheet. Some drinkers also mention honey.

Overall

It belongs to Fiocco di Vite, Toso's range of frizzante wines in bare bottles with no front label. Drinkers rate it well. It is best young, so drink the 2025 by the end of 2027, chilled, with fruit puddings or as a light aperitivo.

Drink now Best by 2027
Live UK pricing

Buying Toso Fiocco di Vite Moscato d'Asti in the UK

Two shops on this page sell it. The 2025 is £11.70 at one; the other shows its price before UK duty and VAT, so check its total before you compare.

Best price · 75 cl · 2025 £12.90 at Vinissimus
75cl · 2025 available from Vinissimus £12.90, in stock
Vintages live 2025 Newest vintage on sale here: 2025
Per-litre (75cl · 2025 basis) £17.20 Lowest current 75cl · 2025 offer
Last checked 6 Nov 2026 Refreshed once every 24 hours
Wine fit score

How Toso's Fiocco di Vite Moscato d'Asti scores

Toso's Fiocco di Vite scores highest as Best intro to this style and Best value: sweet, light and under £12 a bottle.

Best intro to this style 8.8/10

Sweet, fruity, gently fizzy and only 5.5% alcohol, it is an easy first Moscato d'Asti that needs no food and no fuss.

Best value 8.5/10

At £11.70 the 2025 costs less than most Moscato d'Asti on sale in the UK, and drinkers rate it well.

Best everyday bottle 6.2/10

Low alcohol and a price under £12 make it an easy glass, though its sweetness suits a pudding or a treat more than a weeknight dinner.

Best with food 6.0/10

A sweet, gently fizzy wine for fruit, puddings and light cakes. Its sweetness makes it a poor partner for savoury main courses.

Best for an occasion 4.5/10

A cheerful bottle for a birthday cake, a summer brunch or Christmas panettone, rather than a grand dinner.

Best for cellar 1.0/10

Made to drink young: the 2025 is best by the end of 2027 and gains nothing from keeping.

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
At least 97% Moscato, the rest from other permitted grapes
This bottle: Moscato.
Minimum ageing
No minimum ageing
The production rules set no waiting time and no release date for this wine.
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
Alcohol minimum in the rules: 11.5%. A total-alcohol minimum includes the alcohol the remaining sugar could produce, so the ABV on the label can be lower.
Classification
DOCG (Denominazione di Origine Controllata e Garantita)
Vintages

The Fiocco di Vite vintage on sale, and when to drink it

One shop on this page names the vintage, the 2025. The other sells the wine without naming one.

2025 Newest vintage on sale here
Best price
£12.90
Retailers
1 in stock
ABV
5.5%
Window
Drink now through 2027

Best drunk young, so open the 2025 by the end of 2027. It is 5.5% alcohol, the strength on Toso's own sheet.

Not stated
Best price
not listed
Retailers
1 in stock
ABV
5.5%

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

Toso of Cossano Belbo, the house behind Fiocco di Vite

Toso has been family-owned for four generations and is based in Cossano Belbo, among the Langhe hills. Fiocco di Vite is one of its brands, a frizzante range that also includes a Prosecco and an Oltrepò Pavese Bonarda.

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. At least 97% Moscato, the rest from other permitted grapes
  • Yield ceiling. 10.0 tonnes per hectare
  • Alcohol minimum in the rules. 11.5% vol. A total-alcohol minimum includes the alcohol the remaining sugar could produce, so the ABV on the label can be lower.
  • Minimum ageing. No minimum ageing in the rules
  • Tasting panel. Chemical analysis and a tasting commission before sale, required by Italian law for every DOC and DOCG
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

Bottled by Toso, Cossano Belbo.

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

04

Reading the label

  • TosoBrand owner, not an estate
  • MoscatoGrape varieties
  • Asti DOCGGeographic indication and quality tier
  • 2025Vintage of the 75 cl bottle on sale here
  • 5.5% vol · 75 clAlcohol by volume and bottle size
05

What sits behind the price of Toso Moscato d'Asti Fiocco di Vite

Tracked from
£12.90
Direction
Mostly cost down
Drivers
2 up / 2 down
Main factor
5.5% alcohol puts it in the UK's 3.5% to 8.4% duty band
  1. 01

    5.5% alcohol puts it in the UK's 3.5% to 8.4% duty band

    Cost down

    Wine of 3.5% to 8.4% pays £26.61 per litre of pure alcohol, so this bottle carries about £1.10 of duty. A 12% wine pays about £2.76.

  2. 02

    VAT inside the £11.70 price

    Cost up

    VAT is a sixth of the price, about £1.95 of an £11.70 bottle. With the duty, about £3.05 of that £11.70 is tax.

  3. 03

    A card tied by hand at the neck instead of a paper label

    Cost up

    Fiocco di Vite bottles carry no front label: this Moscato d'Asti wears a card tied by hand at the neck, a small piece of hand work on every bottle.

  4. 04

    Priced below most UK Moscato d'Asti

    Cost down

    At £11.70 the 2025 costs less than most Moscato d'Asti offers in the UK, a low price for a wine drinkers rate well.

01

5.5% alcohol puts it in the UK's 3.5% to 8.4% duty band

Cost down

Wine of 3.5% to 8.4% pays £26.61 per litre of pure alcohol, so this bottle carries about £1.10 of duty. A 12% wine pays about £2.76.

Perfect Pairings

Dishes that go with this wine

Food Pairing

Fruit puddings and panettone: matches for Toso's Moscato d'Asti

Toso suggests fruit, sweets and desserts. Light, fruity puddings suit this sweet, gently fizzy wine best, and dark chocolate is better kept for another bottle.

Sweet balance Strong match

Eton mess, trifle and fruit tarts

This sweet, gently fizzy Moscato d'Asti keeps level with fruit, cream and jam, and its bubbles keep each spoonful light.

Try with: Eton Mess · Trifle · Bakewell Tart · More pairings →

Body matching Strong match

Panettone and Italian festive cakes

Panettone is light and airy, and so is a 5.5% Moscato d'Asti, so neither swamps the other. The wine's sweetness matches the candied fruit, and its fizz lifts the butter.

Try with: Panettone · Pastiera napoletana · Torta Della Nonna · More pairings →

Aromatic bridge Good match

Fresh peaches, pears and summer fruit

Drinkers find peach, pear and apple in this Moscato d'Asti, so fresh fruit on the plate meets the same flavours in the glass. Toso suggests it with fruit, and a bowl of ripe peaches is the simplest match.

Try with: Fresh peaches · Pears · Fruit salad · Strawberries

Fat cutting Good match

Cheesecake and creamy cakes

Cream cheese and custard coat the mouth. The gentle fizz in this Moscato d'Asti lifts that richness, and its sweetness keeps up with the cake.

Try with: Cheesecake · Tres Leches Cake · Panna cotta

Avoid Clash

Dark chocolate and dense chocolate cake

Bitter cocoa and heavy fat bury a light, 5.5% Moscato d'Asti: its fruit and flowers disappear and it tastes thin. Keep chocolate for a sweet red such as Brachetto d'Acqui.

Skip with: Chocolate cake · Chocolate brownies · Dark chocolate truffles · Pairing guide →

Drinking + cellar

Keeping and serving Toso's Fiocco di Vite

This is a wine to drink, not to keep: open the 2025 by the end of 2027, chilled. The bottle has no front label, so the card tied at the neck carries its details.

Drinking window
2025: 2026 to 2027

For the main offer above.

Decanting
Not needed

Pour it straight from the bottle.

Cellar potential
Low

Made to drink young: the 2025 is best by the end of 2027 and gains nothing from keeping.

Buy now or wait?
Buy now

£12.90 for a 75cl bottle of the 2025, at Vinissimus, is the best price we track, and we have no signal of further discounting.

Sources & trust

Sources behind this Fiocco di Vite page

Prices & stock

Read directly from each retailer’s public product page several times a week. Last refresh: 6 Nov 2026, 06:17 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 Toso, not the estate that grew the grapes. Fiocco di Vite is Toso S.p.A.'s line of DOC and DOCG frizzante wines. Toso lists it among its brands on toso.it, and fioccodivite.it carries the same VAT number. The range also holds a Prosecco and an Oltrepò Pavese Bonarda. How we tell estate, shop and brand labels apart.

Confidence · High
Tasting notes

Drawn from what drinkers consistently report on Vivino, summarised in our own words. A crowd read across many tasters, not a single critic. Drinkers score it 4.1 out of 5 from 1,537 ratings on Vivino.

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, from how this wine is made, UK duty and VAT and the price shops charge for it today. Not a quote from the producer or a retailer.

Confidence · Medium
Drink window & cellar potential

The drinking years for the main offer apply to its 2025 vintage. Treat them as advice, not a forecast for the bottle in your hand.

Confidence · Medium
Related

Toso, Moscato and Asti DOCG pages

Common Questions

It is 5.5% alcohol, the figure on Toso's own sheet. A 12% wine is more than twice as strong, so a glass of this is a light one.

Yes. Toso describes it as a sweet, fragrant and typically aromatic wine. Drinkers mention peach, pear and apple most often.

Fiocco di Vite is a brand of Toso S.p.A., a family-owned wine house in Cossano Belbo, Piedmont. It is Toso's line of frizzante wines, sold in bare bottles with no front label.

Fruit, fruit puddings and light cakes. Toso suggests fruit, sweets and desserts in general. We would start with Eton mess, panettone or fresh peaches, and keep dark chocolate for another wine.

Not long: it is best drunk young. Open the 2025 by the end of 2027, chilled.

Two shops on this page sell it. One sells the 2025 at £11.70. The other shows its price before UK duty and VAT, so that figure is not like for like.

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