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Morando Vermouth di Torino Bianco

Casa Vinicola Morando

Costigliole d'Asti , 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. Morando Vermouth di Torino Bianco is the white expression of Casa Vinicola Morando in Costigliole d'Asti (Piedmont), a wine company with more than a century of history in the UNESCO heritage zone of Moscato and Asti. According to the official house catalogue and the Consorzio del Vermouth di Torino — which lists Casa Vinicola Morando among its historic producers — the Bianco follows the Torinese tradition of golden aromatic vermouth at 15–17% vol., perfumed with herbs and spices in the nineteenth-century style. Morando produces around fifty-five million bottles annually of DOCG, DOC and IGT wines, sparkling wines and aromatised beverages, with a strong presence in Italian mass retail and international distribution. The Bianco di Torino is made alongside the wines of Antica Cantina Calosso, inheritor of the oenological tradition of Calosso and Costigliole d'Asti. For Vermutpedia it represents the broad-channel Piedmontese white vermouth: floral and citrus profile, moderate sweetness and an orientation towards hospitality and everyday consumption within the protected Vermouth di Torino denominazione.

Nose and palate

The Morando catalogue describes the Vermouth di Torino Bianco as a golden aromatic wine perfumed with herbs and spices in the classic Torinese style. On the nose, floral and citrus notes emerge over an herbal backdrop, with nuances of droghe — the historic Piedmontese term for aromatic plants — evoking the nineteenth-century vermouth school of Turin. On the palate the entry is gentle, with integrated semisweet sweetness and a balanced artemisia bitterness for an approachable, accessible mid-palate. The finish is lightly herbaceous, fresh and without the spiced density of the Rosso from the same house. At 17% vol. per the Vermutpedia sheet, it sits at the upper end of the disciplinare range. Compared with author white vermouths like Mancino Bianco Ambrato — thirty-seven botanicals, more complex profile — Morando Bianco favours clarity and industrial consistency; against the Morando Rosso, it prioritises florality and citrus over warm spice and balsamic notes. A white vermouth for Spritz, Martini and aperitivos where an accessible, wide-distribution Vermouth di Torino with documented Piedmontese roots is the goal.

How to serve it

Morando Bianco di Torino fits naturally with ice and a lemon slice, a white Spritz or a Martini where a gentle Torinese white vermouth is called for. Serve cold, between 6 and 8 °C, in a wide glass or low tumbler; ice lifts the citrus and herbal notes without sweetening the experience. It works in White Americano, Bronx and simple cocktails with soda or tonic when moderate sweetness and contained bitterness are the goal. Pairs with olives, fresh cheeses, salads and light Piedmontese aperitivo bites. This is not a complex sipping vermouth: it invites social consumption at the bar and on the terrace. For Vermutpedia, Morando Bianco is the wide-distribution white Vermouth di Torino option for cold aperitivo and everyday cocktails, complementary to the Rosso and to the Barolo Chinato from Antica Cantina Calosso. Serve at 6–8 °C; lemon twist or green olive following Italian aperitivo tradition.

Production context

Casa Vinicola Morando S.r.l. produces the Vermouth di Torino Bianco in Costigliole d'Asti (province of Asti) with Piedmontese white wine, aromatic herb infusions and 15–17% vol. depending on batch. Member of the Consorzio del Vermouth di Torino; no declared barrel ageing. The company, headquartered at Piazza Stazione 41, Boglietto, produces vermouth and Barolo Chinato through the Antica Azienda Vinicola Calosso, maintaining a traditional imprint within a technologically advanced structure. Available through B2B and wide distribution. Morando vermouth range: Bianco and Rosso di Torino, complemented by Calosso Barolo Chinato. For Vermutpedia, the Bianco distils the industrial Piedmontese white vermouth with protected denominazione: Costigliole d'Asti, Consorzio del Vermouth di Torino, 17% vol. and tradition verifiable at morando.com and vermouthditorino.org.

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