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Chazalettes & Co. Vermouth de Torino Rosso (750ml)

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Chazalettes & Co. Vermouth de Torino Rosso (750ml)
Producer Chazalettes
Region, Country Piemonte, Italy
Bottle Size 750ml
Case Size 6
Product Code 16126-750

This gorgeous, red wine based Vermouth di Torino has been recreated according to the authentic recipe of Clemente Chazalettes, dating back to 1876. While most rossos are typically made with a base of white wine, before colourings such as caramel are added, the Chazalettes Vermouth Rosso uses the Bava family’s own Barbera as the base wine, with a touch of Nebbiolo. “You get a very different reaction between the red wine and the extracts,” says Roberto Bava, “The tannins [in the wine] react to the spices and bitterness and evolve in a different way over time.” The resulting Vermouth has a richer colour and a more solid chewiness to the flavour than modern examples. Alongside Piemonte wormwood, the resurrected 1876 recipe takes in Piedmontese herbs, marjoram and musk mallow alongside more far-flung botanicals in sandalwood, mace, galangal, clary sage, cinchona bark and coriander. Each botanical is individually prepared, with the maceration time ranging from a few days up to many weeks.

The result is an intensely flavoured and sumptuously textured rosso – never overpowering – offering enticing notes of toasted tobacco, macerated orange and macerated cherry. It finishes with a balancing liquorice and rhubarb bitterness and a long, vinous close.

Chazalettes & Co. Vermouth de Torino Rosso (750ml)

Reviews

“Burnt caramel, dark chocolate, wormwood, orange peel, worn leather, cinnamon, star anise and bay leaf on the nose, followed by sour cherries and bitterness from wormwood and gentian on the palate. Light-bodied with notes of burnt toffee, orange peel, rosemary, caramel sweetness in the background. A whisper of Chinese five-spice and a gentle chewiness.”
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Reviews

“Burnt caramel, dark chocolate, wormwood, orange peel, worn leather, cinnamon, star anise and bay leaf on the nose, followed by sour cherries and bitterness from wormwood and gentian on the palate. Light-bodied with notes of burnt toffee, orange peel, rosemary, caramel sweetness in the background. A whisper of Chinese five-spice and a gentle chewiness.”
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