Riserva Carlo Alberto Rosso Vermouth

Product of: Italy

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Flavoured with 25 botanicals including berries, spices, fruit and flowers, infused in 45% neutral alcohol for 40 days. This is filtered and blended with DOGC Asti Muscat and DOGC Caluso Erbaluce wines and cask aged for three to six months.

Literally fit for a king, Riserva Carlo Alberto vermouths are said to originate from a recipe made for King Carlo Alberto (1831 to 1849), the King of the small state of Piedmont-Sardinia in the House of Savoy in 1837. The regal recipe passed to a vintner, Tumalin Baracco Bartolomé de Baracho, who named the vermouth after the king and started commercial production.

Review and Tasting

Sampled on 13/02/2014

Appearance:

Clear, deep reddy-brown with burgundy glints.

Aroma:

Herbal, earthy and vinous with stewed red berries, plum, rosemary and thyme.

Taste:

Plums, cherries and sweet red berry fruit balanced by herbal bitterness, orange zest, gentian and tarragon.

Aftertaste:

Cinnamon, tarragon, nutmeg, cloves, cardamom and curry leaf.