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La Canellese Vermouth di Torino Bianco

La Canellese

Calamandrana , Italia

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Overall impression

Vermutpedia is re-evaluating the Italian catalogue; the Vermutpedia Score for this entry remains pending until the new tasting round is complete. La Canellese Vermouth di Torino Bianco is the floral, digestif complement to the rosso of the historic Calamandrana (Asti) house, founded in 1890 as a cooperage and producing vermouth since 1957. According to lacanellese.it, the recipe starts from Piemonte DOC Cortese wine, finest sugar and top-quality spirit, with a surprising infusion of twenty-eight carefully chosen botanicals in slow, artisan preparation. Roman wormwood, gentle and pontic, stands out alongside marjoram, sandalwood, gentian and bay. Same artisan care as the rosso, with a more floral and digestif profile. Historic producer of the Consorzio Vermouth di Torino, between Langhe and Monferrato. Sixteen percent alcohol, 75 cl. For Vermutpedia it is La Canellese's classic Torinese white: Cortese, twenty-eight botanicals and straw-gold elegance verifiable on the official portfolio sheet.

Nose and palate

The lacanellese.it sheet describes pale straw colour, delicate floral aroma with gentian notes, and an elegant, soft, fresh palate pleasantly sweet. On the nose, gentle Roman wormwood, marjoram, sandalwood, bay and gentian in layers; a more vertical, luminous profile than the house's garnet rosso. On the palate, soft texture, balanced semisweet sweetness, fresh digestif finish, subtle botanical bitterness that does not break the initial silkiness. Cortese DOC brings Piedmontese minerality and freshness that lift cocktails where a floral white adds aromatic lift. Compared with La Canellese Rosso—thirty botanicals, bitter orange, nutmeg—the Bianco is gentler, more floral and spring-like. Sixteen percent alcohol, medium persistence, verifiable sweet-bitter balance in the official description. The coolest white in the Canellese family, ideal for delicate aperitifs.

How to serve it

La Canellese Bianco works in Martini, spritz or cold aperitif, in the traditional use of the Torinese white style. At 6–8 °C in a small glass or balloon with ice and lemon twist, Cortese and twenty-eight botanicals open with spring freshness. In white Martini or Vesper it brings floral elegance without the weight of rosso; in spritz with prosecco and soda it is a refined alternative to the more spiced red profile. On the rocks with lemon twist, as Piedmontese white vermouth tradition suggests for delicate aperitifs. Pair with olives, fresh cheeses, salads and light appetisers. For serious cocktail work, Bianco La Canellese adds Cortese minerality and botanical purity thanks to the house's cold extraction.

Production context

La Canellese makes Vermouth di Torino Bianco in Calamandrana (AT) from Piemonte Cortese DOC wine, sugar, spirit and twenty-eight botanicals—Roman wormwood, marjoram, sandalwood, gentian, bay—per lacanellese.it. Artisan cold-extraction method: hammer mill for herbs, extraction and clarification over ten days, precise bottling; traditional recipes from the Sconfienza family since Rosa Bertello and Alfredo (licence 1947, factory 1957). Sixteen percent alcohol, 75 cl. Complement to La Canellese IGP Rosso; founding producer of the Consorzio Vermouth di Torino. Regione San Vito 81/F, 14042 Calamandrana. For Vermutpedia it represents historic Piedmontese vermouth di torino bianco: verifiable Cortese, twenty-eight botanicals, floral-digestif profile and origin on lacanellese.it/portfolio/vermut-bianco/.

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