Historic Vermouth of Turin - Giulio Cocchi
Turin vermouth is a collective heritage of the Piedmontese, whose first great promoter was the royal court of Savoy which, starting from the end of the 18th century, developed a flourishing industry that made Piedmont the kingdom of Vermouth. It is produced according to Giulio Cocchi's original recipe. This vermouth falls into the category of sweet vermouth or sweet, amber-colored Italian vermouth, present in late nineteenth-century manuals. The Cocchi Historic Vermouth di Torino was the protagonist of the international rebirth of high-end vermouths and of the renewed interest of great bartenders in the name Vermouth di Torino, to the point that in the United States it is familiarly called “Cocchi Torino”. It quickly became one of the high-end Vermouths most chosen by the best bars in the world.
Close the bottle with its cap after opening, keep refrigerated and consume within a month.
Type: Flavored wine
Origin: Piedmont - Italy
Alcohol content: 16%
Format: 75cl
Allergens: Sulphites
Serving Temperature: 8 - 10°C
Tasting Notes: Giulio Cocchi's original recipe involves the use of herbs such as cinchona and rhubarb, which tint the beautiful light wine slightly brown. To accentuate the amber hue, browned sugar is added, prepared on the stove as for crème caramel, giving a special note to the cotton candy flavour, capable of rounding off all bitter tastes without using vanilla. A vermouth that excites, full of sensations. Among the flavoring herbs and spices, the protagonists are artemisia and citrus fruits which, with the china, give balanced bitter and citrus tones, characterizing Cocchi's style. The taste is rich, with vibrant notes of cocoa and bitter orange. In the finish, slightly camphorous hints and notes of rosemary, thanks to the infusion of some noble and balsamic woods. Among the minor ingredients there are herbs and woods with unique scents such as sandalwood, musk, myrrh, nutmeg.
Pairings: Delicious pure or with ice and lemon zest. Indispensable as a base for the creation of the most classic cocktails, from Negroni to Manhattan. To taste it alone, a tulip glass is recommended, so as to allow the most intense concentration of aromas to be smelled and deciphered. At the same time, it has a large surface area to oxygenate and express oneself to the fullest.
The Cellar: Giulio Cocchi was a young and creative pastry chef from Florence who moved to Asti at the end of the nineteenth century. He created original recipes for Barolo Chinato, Aperitivo Americano and several types of Vermouth, achieving success and fame in a short time. Giulio Cocchi's idea, exceptional for the time, was to open authorized retailers where these products could be tasted. Cocchi was a very well-known brand during the Belle Epoque and on the eclectic scene of the futurist period. The Cocchi name and products soon became famous throughout the world as demonstrated by export documents: from New York to London, from Sydney to Africa and Venezuela. Cocchi paid a lot of attention to quality single-variety brut sparkling wines, produced with the Italian method since the 1980s such as CocchiBrut and, more recently, the commitment to the creation and valorisation of the DOCG Altalanga, of which Cocchi is still one of the most busy. From the founder Giulio Cocchi, the winery has also inherited an inexhaustible liveliness and qualitative research that has led it to be known and appreciated on five continents. All Cocchi products are wine-based and the recipes are those of the past, codified based on the intuitions of Giulio Cocchi himself. What defines the Cocchi style is therefore elegance and authenticity, the quality of the wine and the ingredients, the centenary technical experience, a passion and creativity that have never waned over the years. Since 2012 Giulio Cocchi has been registered in the National Register of Historic Companies of Italy for its first 130 years of uninterrupted activity.
