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Botella de Vittore Vermouth Rojo, etiqueta vintage con escudos valencianos, leyenda Desde 1881 y Fórmula Ancestral
Rojo

Valencia

Cherubino Valsangiacomo

Red · Medium-sweet

Vittore Vermouth Rojo

Cherubino Valsangiacomo

Valencia , España

6.6 /10

Vermutpedia Score: 6.6/10

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Overall impression

Vittore Rojo is Cherubino Valsangiacomo's first bottle, since 1904: Valencia's oldest vermouth, made under the same formula devised by Benedetto Valsangiacomo at the beginning of the last century, according to valsangiacomo.es. Macabeo white-wine base with twenty-four Mediterranean and Alpine botanicals; the amber colour comes from grape-must caramel. The fifth generation recovers the original label as a tribute to the Valencian aperitivo. It is the reference red of a range that defines Valencian vermouth culture — historic, artisan and built for ice, orange and olive rather than bar-spec minimalism.

Nose and palate

Bright dark amber with iodine flashes. Balsamic aromas of oregano, fennel and thyme, liquorice and citrus freshness. Acidity-sweetness balance; cinnamon, liquorice and clove. Bitter herbal finish, long and persistent — official tasting note. The grape-must caramel tints the wine without adding industrial sweetness; wormwood and gentian close with Valencian herbal tradition rather than Piedmontese caramel.

How to serve it

Aperitivo with ice, orange and olive; classic Negroni. Cold service in a wide glass, in the line of the Valencian vermouth ritual. The house documents the artisan process — maceration, manual pressing and bottling — at valsangiacomo.es. Between 6 and 8 °C; works in Americano when a semisweet Spanish red with herbal persistence is wanted.

Production context

Botanicals: gentian, wormwood, coriander, savory, sage, oregano, chamomile, elder and orange peel. Separate maceration and manual pressing. 15% vol., 75 cl. Vittore range: Rojo, Blanco, Orange and Reserva. Cherubino Valsangiacomo, Valencia. For Vermutpedia, Vittore Rojo is the foundational Valencian vermouth since 1904 — Macabeo, twenty-four botanicals and fifth-generation label recovery.

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