MARTINI Riserva Speciale Ambrato Vermouth Aperitivo, White Vermouth Infused with Unique Botanicals, 18% ABV, 75cl / 750ml

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Martini has contracts with wine makers and cooperatives to produce the specific white wines required to make its vermouth. Luciano and his team all come from Alba, the Piedmontese capital of wine-making, which is considered to be one of the leading centres of oenology in Europe. Their task is to assess, select and blend the wines that will provide the body for Martini and allow the precious botanical characteristics to shine. All Martini vermouths are made from a blend of wines, flavoured with botanicals (leaves, flowers, fruits, seeds, roots and barks) whose properties have been extracted by maceration in ethyl alcohol, with the result of some macerations also distilled.

Like other Martini vermouths, Riserva Speciale is based on all Italian wines with a large proportion sourced from the local Piemonte region, including small parcels of Langhe DOC Nebbiolo for the Rubino and Moscato d'Asti DOCG for the Ambrato. All the wines used were especially selected for these vermouths by Beppe Musso, Martini's Master Blender.

While other Martini vermouths are made with two different types of Artemisia (wormwood), for Riserva Speciale Master Herbalist, Ivano Tonutti, has selected a blend of three different types of local Artemisia – Absinthium, Pontica and Vulgaris, grown for Martini by the Erbe Aromatiche cooperative in the nearby fields of Pancalieri, Piemonte. Before we get to the tasting, what exactly is dry vermouth, anyway? All vermouth is fortified, aromatized wine that is infused with any number of herbs, spices, and other botanical ingredients — with wormwood originally the ubiquitous ingredient among them. (The word vermouth actually comes from the German word for wormwood.) That said, many vermouths no longer contain wormwood due to the long-running controversy over absinthe and its reputation for crazy-making, and since very few vermouth creators reveal their ingredients, it’s virtually impossible to know which ones do contain it. Probably not many.

This drink is made with the secret blend of botanicals and comes in a stunning amber color, and Moscato Bianco wines are used to make it. The wormwood aroma is almost tropical, while the honeyed sweetness and zesty citrus flavors add a floral heart and elderflower finish. Luigi Rossi used exotic spices which the great Venetian and Genoese merchants brought to Italy such as fragrant young cloves from Madagascar and Ceylon or ‘True’ Cinnamon from Sri Lanka. Its smooth, thin bark provides a highly fragrant aromatic spice that underlies several of Martini’s vermouths. This cookie is set by Rubicon Project to control synchronization of user identification and exchange of user data between various ad services. The presence of Moscato d'Asti in Riserva Speciale Ambrato is an absolute innovation in the panorama of vermouths. This is how the initial delicacy is followed by persistent bitter notes.

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Martini Riserva Speciale Ambrato, a Vermouth di Torino, is made from Moscato d’Asti, as well as three types of wormwood: Absinthium, Pontica, and Vulgaris. Amber is the color of the wine, and it is referred to as ambrato in Italian. The intricately designed label of both Martini Riserva Speciale vermouths incorporate the royal arms of the House of Savoy, the Kings of which first protected the term Vermouth di Torino around 1840 to prevent producers outside of the Piemonte region using the name.