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Scarpa Vermouth di Torino Rosso

Antica Casa Vinicola Scarpa

Nizza Monferrato , 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. Scarpa Vermouth di Torino Rosso is the red expression of Antica Casa Vinicola Scarpa in Nizza Monferrato. According to scarpawine.com, it blends sugar, alcohol, wine and extract of forty herbs; the wine base includes 20% Moscato d'Asti DOCG per traditional Piedmontese recipe. In the rossa version rhubarb, angostura and bitter orange stand out especially. The full herb list and infusion process form part of Scarpa's secret recipe since the 1940s. 750 ml format, historic Monferrato reference for Negroni and classic aperitif. For Vermutpedia, it is artisan Torinese red with moscato backbone and dense Piedmontese botanics — not industrial sweetness but vinous, spiced vermouth with late-nineteenth-century house heritage and Mario Pesce continuity.

Nose and palate

The official sheet points to rhubarb, angostura and bitter orange among the forty herbs of the rosso. 20% Moscato d'Asti brings fragrance and roundness to the semisweet profile. Compared with Scarpa Bianco — more floral, with chamomile, gentian and sweet orange — Rosso aims at bitter spices and candied citrus. On the palate, spiced palate with present vinous component and integrated bitterness from Piedmontese botanics. Intense red colour. Profile coherent with vermouth tradition of the house founded in the late 19th century by Antonio Scarpa. Texture is round without cloying; finish persistent in rhubarb and bitter orange. For anyone seeking historic Monferrato rosso with secret forty-herb recipe, Scarpa Rosso offers Negroni-ready personality verifiable at scarpawine.com.

How to serve it

Scarpawine.com recommends enjoying it neat or on the rocks, served cold at 10–12 °C. Works in Negroni, Manhattan or Americano when Torino rosso with moscato base and dense botanics is wanted. Also alone with ice or light tonic in aperitif. In small glass or wide tumbler; cold enhances bitter citrus without cancelling vinous structure. For classic cocktails, substitutes industrial vermouths with more sugar and less wine-base presence. For Vermutpedia, Scarpa Rosso is drunk cold, alone or in international classics, as Piedmontese red vermouth for bar and aperitif verifiable on the official website.

Production context

Antica Casa Vinicola Scarpa (Nizza Monferrato) elaborates with secret recipe of forty herbs since the 1940s. Rosso: 20% Moscato d'Asti DOCG, infusion in alcohol, 75 cl. Vermouth di Torino range with Bianco and Extra Dry. The house also produces Barolo, Barbaresco, Barbera and Monferrato ageing wines. For Vermutpedia, Rosso synthesises Scarpa artisan red vermouth: moscato, secret botanics, semisweet, no ageing. A verifiable piece at scarpawine.com.

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