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Alessio Vermouth Chinato

Tempus Fugit

Piemonte , Italia

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Overall impression

Vermutpedia is re-evaluating the Italian catalogue; this entry's Vermutpedia Score remains pending until the new tasting round is complete. Alessio Vermouth Chinato rescues a near-lost style according to Tempus Fugit: a classic late-nineteenth-century recipe with cinchona bark and more than twenty-five herbs — grande and petite wormwood among them — in Piedmontese white wine. Slightly lower ABV than the Rosso di Torino to highlight the aromatic backbone; distinct from the house's own Vino Chinato di Nebbiolo.

Nose and palate

Expansive herbal nose; medium-sweet, spiced, dark fruit and a moderately bitter, long finish according to the official notes. A complex alternative to sweet rosso in bartending; eminently drinkable neat thanks to the lower alcohol that highlights botanicals and structure.

How to serve it

As a substitute for rosso vermouth in a Negroni, or neat as an aperitivo or light digestivo — uses recommended by Tempus Fugit. Ideal when seeking integrated cinchona bitterness within a vermouth of historic Piedmontese profile.

Production context

16.5% vol., 75 cl. Tempus Fugit Spirits. Part of the Alessio line alongside Bianco, Rosso di Torino and Dry; developed from a nineteenth-century recipe with Piedmontese white wine infused with grande and petite wormwood, cinchona and dozens of herbs according to tempusfugitspirits.com. Reflects a nearly vanished bitter vermouth style.

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