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Botella de Valdepablo Gran Añada 1 L, etiqueta con grabado de bodega
Rojo

Zaragoza

Foto: Bodegas Valdepablo

Red · Reserve · Medium-sweet

Valdepablo Gran Añada

Bodegas Valdepablo

Zaragoza , España

9.0 /10

Vermutpedia Score: 9.0/10

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Overall impression

Valdepablo Gran Añada occupies the top tier of a family bodega in Terrer (Calatayud) that has made vermouth since 1928. Against Casa Valdepablo — direct aperitif — and Selección — more worked — Gran Añada opts for prolonged maceration and months in oak barrel to gain balsamic complexity and wood. The house describes it as a vermouth to drink slowly, not in one gulp.

Nose and palate

Mahogany red with copper reflections. Intense, herbaceous nose: wormwood, rosemary, star anise and chamomile evoke alpine mountain per the official note. On the palate, balance between balsamic flavours and wood; bitterness softened by barrel vanilla; long, intense aftertaste.

How to serve it

With ice and orange in a slow aperitif; also in Negroni when you want an Aragonese vermouth with visible ageing. Valdepablo recommends this profile to those who already know Casa and want more depth.

Production context

Two months of botanical maceration and six months in oak barrel, per product sheet (classic Casa works around two weeks' contact). 16% vol., 1-litre bottle. Made in Terrer with Calatayud grapes and botanicals from the family recipe.

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