Moscato di Cagliari DOC has been replaced by the Cagliari DOC in 2011. 

Moscato di Cagliari DOC as was a dried-grape white wine (see passito) made on the Italian island of Sardinia (Sardegna’) from the Moscato Bianco grape. The DOC was granted in 1972. 

Production zone: 108 communes in Cagliari province and 79 in Oristano province. See Sardinia south, Cagliari’s Campidano and Sulcis.

Moscato di Cagliari DOC Dolce naturale: The Moscato Bianco grapes are picked dried (raisined), hence the wine is ‘a golden dessert wine’ (Burton Anderson, 1990, p.294). The wine is sweet and unfortified.

Moscato di Cagliari DOC Dolce Liquoroso naturale: The fortified version of the above with an alcohol content of 17,5% vol.

Moscato di Cagliari DOC Dolce Liquoroso riserva: The same fortified wine as above with an alcohol content of 17,5% vol but matured for one year.