alc./vol: 18%
Proof: 36°
Vintage: Non-vintage
Aged: No age statement
Product of:
Italy
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.
