Prato Vermouth 500 ml

Numquam Opificio

• Description

  All the aromatic, officinal and spontaneous herbs and different spices (elecampane, gentian, galangal, cinnamon, aromatic calamus, cloves, centaury, roman and Pontic absinth, coriander, nutmeg, rinds of citron and sweet and bitter orange, dried rinds of quince peach) have to be crushed in one marble pestle and then put in a good Tuscan white wine to soak for the necessary time.
  
  Then sugar and some alcohol have to be added and kept all few days under maceration. Finally filtered and put into bottles or flasks as for the old tradition.
  
  The ready Vermouth has a full yellow colour lightly amber with a sweet slightly acid taste, an agreeable bitterish aftertaste and an intense spiced and fruity flavours. The alcohol contents is 15%.
  
  Suggestion is to drink it cold as aperitif in wide tulip-stem-glass, or after a lunch/dinner together with biscuits. To be tried also with some spiced chocolate or with delicate marbled cheese. Or simply during any moment of the day for a few minutes relax/break, savouring the life’s pleasure!

• History

  The origin of White Vermouth from Prato goes back to the rural tradition: it was produced by the housewife with not mature white grape and herbs and served as aperitif or liqueur during Christmas feast. The product’s typicality is not only the used ingredients, but also the transformation process and the used utensils. All the preparation was done by skilled hand without mechanic help; the same it’s happening now, all done by hand as an old recipe dated 1750.

• Ingredients

  white wine, alcohol, sugar, enula campana, gentian, galangal, cinnamon, aromatic calamus, cloves, centaurea minor, roman and Pontic absinth, coriander, nutmeg, lemon peel and sweet and bitter orange.
  Alcohol by volume: 15% Vol.

• Sizes
  Diameter

  9 cm

  Height

  25 cm