Routin Original Rouge

750mL / Chambery / France

Category: Wine
Sub-Category: Fortified

Tasting Notes:

Cocoa, dried fruit, fresh fig, orange peel and vanilla, winding into a gently spiced finish.

Production:

Vermouth Routin Original Rouge is made with a perfect blend of 24 herbs and spices that are macerated for several weeks in wine made from Jacquère, a grape variety local to the Savoie region.

To the resulting infusion, they added Sauvignon blanc.

The entire blend is then added to oak wine barrels to rest for six months.

To reach the desired balance for the final bottling, aged Vermouth is blended with unaged Vermouth in equal parts.

Key Botanicals include:

Wormwood, Coriander, Clove, Lavender, Bourbon Vanilla Beans