Antica Torino Vermouth di Torino Rosso
Type: Liqueur, Vermouth / Fortified WIne
Country: Italy
Region: Piemonte
Alcohol Percentage: 18%
Size: 750ml
Botanicals and Spices: Wormwood, rhubarb, gentian, rosemary, oregano, vanilla beans, cumin
Color: Deep amber-red colour, clear and consistent
Nose: Intense and complex, winey, spicy and herbaceous, scents of laurel, rhubarb, gentian, vanilla and citrus peel
Taste: Fresh, sweet, alcoholic, savoury; distinct notes of ginger, laurel, vanilla and rhubarb
Finish: Long and persistent
Vittorio Zoppi and Filippo Antonelli founded the Antica Torino company to produce and rediscover traditional Piedmontese aromatized wines, liqueurs and spirits, creating new recipes inspired by traditional ones. Their first product was the vermouth, which is the symbol of the city’s excellence and elegant lifestyle.
The Vermouth Rosso derives from constant work at the distillery, continual experimentation and tasting, with the aim of creating an organoleptic masterpiece. Research into this recipe took many months and many versions of the product to arrive at the definitive one inspired by the most ancient of Savoy recipes.
The ingredients include home-grown herbs such as absinthe, rhubarb and gentian, grapefruit peel, vanilla pods, rosemary and red thyme, which country-dwellers have always used to aromatize their wines.
A total of thirteen botanicals were used, entirely natural (with no ready-made dyes), processed individually and on a cottage-industry basis.
About the Brewery:
Antica Torino is the brainchild and longtime passion project of Liguria-based wine & spirits huntsman, Vittorio Zoppi, and Umbrian winemaker Filippo Antonelli. Vito’s love for Italian spirits began as it does for many in Italy—as a child surrounded by the time-honoured traditions and legacies of regional drinking culture. By sampling and studying a wide variety of vermouth and digestifs from around the world, Antica Torino has endeavoured to create refined recipes inspired by the traditions of Torino and enlivened by the Piedmontese spirit.
After formulating their flagship Rosso Vermouth, the team turned their attention to (re)creating an increasing collection of heritage spirits, using ingredients from both Piedmont and around the world, coupled with painstaking research and a love affair with the drinking traditions of Italy.
