Vermouth Carpano Bianco 1 Liter

Carpano of Turin is the original vermouth house, tracing its recipe to Antonio Benedetto Carpano in 1786. Vermouth Carpano Bianco itself dates from 1950 and reached its widest popularity through the 1960s. Like all vermouth it begins with a neutral wine base that is fortified to 15 percent and aromatised by maceration with herbs, spices and botanicals, here led by cinnamon and orange peel, with wormwood supplying the characteristic bitterness behind the genus name. Sugar is added to set the sweet white style, and the maceration extracts both the volatile aromatics and the bittering compounds that frame the finish. The colour is pale gold. The nose is fresh and complex, citrus over a clear vanilla sweetness. The palate is flavoursome and sweet, carrying dried apricot, raisin, date and orange peel, before a clean bitter close that keeps it from cloying. Serve well chilled over ice with a twist of orange or lemon, or use it as the white base in a low alcohol spritz. It also stands up to nutty hard cheeses and citrus cakes at the end of a meal.