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Carpano Antica Formula Vermouth*Packaging may vary

Carpano Antica Formula Vermouth

Dessert & Fortified Wine /16.5% ABV / Italy

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Vermouth

Italy

Tasting Notes

Vanilla

Vanilla

Balanced

Balanced

Rich

Food Pairing

Fruit - Dried, Dessert - Chocolate & Coffee

ABV

16.5%

Product description

Carpano's Antica Formula, from the original recipe developed by Antonio Benedetto Carpano in 1786, is a sweet vermouth of the highest quality. This distinctive and powerful aromatized wine should be considered a standard component in any respectable bar. It can be served chilled as an aperitivo, a digestivo or a welcome addition to your favorite cocktail.

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  • Irene
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    Pricey but worth it. Makes the best Manhattans!!!

  • Meredith
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    The best sweet vermouth out there!

  • Sandra
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    Life changing! You’ll never use cheap red vermouth again…

  • Shiva
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    I think I just found my favorite vermouth. Nice aromatic vanilla taste with a slight bitter kick at the end,, just to remind you that this can be used as a dry or a sweet vermouth. Works really well with a bitter bourbon. Really brings boulevardier cocktails to life.

  • R S.
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    One of the best sweet vermouths available anywhere.

  • Richard
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    Life's too short for cheap vermouth. Absolutely the only vermouth worth drinking straight.

  • Elise B.
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    Best vermouth in town, only issue is that I ordered a smaller size but it was OOS

  • Jake
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    Absolutely the only red vermouth worth buying.

  • Jared W.
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    My favorite vermouth.

  • Alice S

    Yummy, but Cocchi Vermouth di Torino is 2/3 the price and just as good by itself and even better in Manhattans.

FAQs

Fortified wines are a category that have had distilled spirits added to them during the winemaking process. These include popular dessert wines such as vermouth, sherry, and port.
Our advice is always "drink it when you want to," but typically PX (Pedro Ximenez) sherry is enjoyed with dessert while oloroso, amontillado, and palo cortado can be served with main dishes.
There are five basic types of fortified wine: sherry, port, vermouth, Madeira, and Marsala. Technically, however, any wine that has had neutral spirits added to it can be classified as a fortified wine.
Standard wine is produced from grapes through fermentation in a standard winemaking process, while fortified wines have had distilled spirits added to them either during winemaking or to the finished product. Fortified wines typically have a higher alcohol content than their unfortified counterparts.
It varies by the wine, but most dessert fortified wines fall into the 15-24% ABV range, while unfortified wines have a typical average ABV of 11-16%.  
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