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Vermut Holgado

Bodegas Holgado

Prado del Rey , España

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Overall impression

Vermut Holgado is the wine-based aromatised drink from Bodegas Holgado (Prado del Rey, Sierra de Cádiz), a family winery with over a century of winemaking tradition in the region. Artisan formula handed down through generations per bodegasholgado.es; the house presents it as an aperitivo for tapas and shared moments. Specialist distribution documents an artisan line from the same winery —historically sold as Castillo de Matrera— based on dry amontillado and Pedro Ximénez in solera and criadera system, with botanicals such as wormwood, cinnamon and orange peel; mahogany colour, ripe fruit, citrus and smoked wood; hazelnut, slightly bitter finish. 14% vol. (50 cl., 75 cl. and 1 L formats in shop). For Vermutpedia, Holgado represents Sierra de Cádiz vermouth outside the Marco de Jerez: local wines, family recipe and artisan aperitivo profile.

Nose and palate

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How to serve it

Serve in wide glass with ice and orange peel —recommendation from the winery's artisan line. Aperitivo with Sierra de Cádiz tapas: charcuterie, cheeses, preserves and light fried food. Also in spritz with soda on terrace. Temperature 8–10 °C; moderate strength and semisweet profile invite relaxed consumption.

Production context

Bodegas Holgado (Mercedes Holgado Escudero, Prado del Rey, Cádiz) bottles the vermouth as wine-based aromatised drink with herb aromas, concentrated must and sweetener per official nutritional labelling (~11 g sugar/100 ml). 14% vol. per specialist channel on the house artisan line; 0.5 L, 0.75 L and 1 L formats in online shop. For Vermutpedia, Vermut Holgado documents Cádiz mountain vermouth: family formula, 14% vol. and sheet at bodegasholgado.es.

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