Don't know about "the better class of Cuban," but we really enjoy it. A full oz of dry vermouth looked a bit much for a rum drink so I took a cue from Difford's earlier recipe and used a half oz each of dry and bianco, no rosso. Upped the rum to 1.75 oz to dry it out a bit in compensation for the bianco. An excellent herbal rum cocktail that isn't at all tiki but instead features your rum and vermouth choices. Not sure why the meager half teaspoon of grenadine is in there; its small additional sweetness is unnecessary with the bianco.