Presented in a 375-milliliter bottle, the 2017 Alto Adige Moscato Rosa brings huge intensity and pours to a ruby-purple brilliance. This is a ripe and round expression that conjures up some notes of dry herb or sage at the back of sweet plum and crème de cassis. This sweet, 10.5% alcohol content Moscato Rosa would be a decadent accompaniment to a fig and honey cake.

Smelling this wine is analogous to burying your face deep into a bouquet of garden fresh roses. The 2016 Alto Adige Moscato Rosa (375 milliliters) is among the most floral wines you will ever encounter. There are some distant berry notes, but the center stage is almost exclusively occupied by red rose, wild rose, rose hip and red rose potpourri. If you can think of any wine descriptor that involves roses, it will apply here. This is a precious and unique wine that may prove difficult to pair with food but that nonetheless delivers a very special experience. Some 16,000 bottles were made.

Opening to a deep ruby or garnet color, the 2015 Alto Adige Moscato Rosa (375 ml) offers a distinctive bouquet that transports you immediately to the nearest rose garden. The bouquet is floral and intense, and it recalls that point off sweetness and tartness that you get if you press red rose petals in the palm of your hand. The mouthfeel shows some bitterness and even some tannic astringency that builds the wine's profile in terms of mouthfeel and power. Some 15,000 bottles were produced.

Previously, I categorized this wine as a dessert rosé, but this year I'm calling it a dessert red because of its darkened color and ruby saturation. The 2013 Alto Adige Moscato Rosa (375 ml) is not an easy wine to understand on many levels. There is sweetness here, but the wine also delivers a hint of toasted sharpness and tannic firmness. The bouquet is redolent of dried rose petal, candied raspberry and cranberry jelly. It's hard to know what foods to pair with a wine like this.

The 2011 Alto Adige Moscato Rosa (375ml) is a rare and precious wine made from the Moscato Rosa grape. This ruby-colored dessert wine shows a delicate bouquet of pressed rose, violet, candied raspberry and sweet almond marzipan. The wine is characterized by an immense sense of focus and elegance and the mouthfeel is as plush as rich as it is feminine and elegant. I could see this paired with berry tart or desserts with raspberry jelly.