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Jaramagos Vermú

Castúo Wines

Villalba de los Barros , España

7.4 /10

Vermutpedia Score: 7.4/10

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Overall impression

Jaramagos Vermú is Castúo Wines' vermouth bet — a winery in Villalba de los Barros (V.T. Extremadura) founded by Fernando Rivas with the mission of expressing the indigenous varieties of Tierra de Barros — Morisca, Eva Beba, Pardina and others — in minimally interventionist wines. Launched in 2023 as an extension of the wine project, the vermouth takes its name from the wild herbs of the Extremaduran countryside — rockrose and thyme among the most representative — and summarises the philosophy of castuowines.com: bringing to the glass the character of a territory of red soils, sun and clay amphorae. The base is white wine from Morisca and Eva de los Santos from the Los Lumbrarillos parcel, fortified and aromatised with indigenous botanicals gathered in the surroundings. At 15% vol. and 75 cl, it occupies a niche of peninsular vermouth almost unknown outside Extremadura: honest, territorial and artisanal. castuowines.com does not yet detail an independent product sheet, but the winery's identity — regenerative, local, expressive — defines the spirit of Jaramagos without ambiguity.

Nose and palate

The organoleptic profile documented by distribution channels aligned with Castúo describes a lively, translucent reddish colour of low depth. On the nose, an intense and fragrant bouquet stands out: thyme and wormwood in the herbaceous register, lavender in the floral, and citrus and spiced layers of orange, cinnamon and clove that evoke Extremaduran cooking and landscape. The palate is balanced and enveloping, with a slightly sweet entry that evolves towards a fine, elegant bitterness — signature of wormwood and botanical maceration — and a persistent, aromatic finish. The texture, coherent with a minimally interventionist fortified wine, prioritises terroir expression over liqueur-like density: refreshing, complex drinking without artifice. Against industrial vermouths, Jaramagos offers Extremaduran authenticity: field herbs, citrus peel and warm spices integrated with the fruity-vinous character of Morisca.

How to serve it

Jaramagos works as a direct aperitivo or as a base for conscious bar cocktails. Distributors recommend a serving temperature around 16 °C to balance freshness and aromatic expression; it also accepts ice in a wide glass with orange or grapefruit twist, reinforcing its citrus-botanical profile. It fits in author Negroni, Americano or combinations with neutral gin when a vermouth with rural Iberian soul is sought. Pairs with Extremaduran charcuterie, cured cheeses, preserves, gazpachos and terroir cooking. With its 15% graduation and balanced semisweet style, it allows extended aperitivo sessions without excess weight. Purchase goes through specialist distributors and channels associated with Castúo Wines; castuowines.com centralises contact with the winery and its wine catalogue, from which the Jaramagos line derives as the vermouth expression of the project.

Production context

Castúo Wines works in Villalba de los Barros (Badajoz) under IGP V.T. Extremadura, with vineyards in the Barros zone and a philosophy of minimal intervention, sustainability and recovered varieties. Jaramagos, incorporated in 2023, starts from Morisca and Eva Beba white wine from Los Lumbrarillos; maceration includes wormwood, lavender, thyme, rockrose, orange and grapefruit peel, cinnamon and clove — wild botanicals from the countryside that give the product its name. Fernando Rivas, founder after a career outside wine, builds at castuowines.com a winery that speaks of amphorae, clay vessels and red-earth personality; the vermouth extends that narrative to aperitivo. 15% vol., 75 cl, artisan production without industrial pretensions. For Vermutpedia, Jaramagos is the Extremaduran vermouth par excellence: Morisca, rockrose and thyme herbs, and the soul of Castúo in every glass.

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