Products tagged with 'fortified wine'

Succulent red berries, prickles of black pepper, some herbal aromas and faint sandlewood round the nose. Faint woody tannins complement dry wormwood among the fruity red berries. It has a refreshing herbal finish with some lingering bitterness.

Martini Bianco is a fine blend of Italian white wine infused with herbs and sweet floral botanicals and produces an aromatic yet delicate drink with notes of vanilla and citrus.

Martini Extra Dry combines raspberry and lemon peel, with the violet-scented tartness of Florentine Orris. Light, zesty and fragrant overall.

Dry, manzanilla sherry-like palate is slightly salty with grape flesh, orange bitters and cardamom, cinnamon and clove spice.

Herbal, fruity nose. Hints of parsley, red berries and cracked black pepper. Hints of port, white grapes and lemon on the palate. Cedar, zest, notes of pepper and a development of sage. Long finish with creaking oak notes.

Light bodied. Oaky, diluted red wine, strawberry, pink grapefruit zest, green melon, peach and orange flower water with subtle sage. Sweetness balanced by gentle oaky tannins and acidity.

The aroma is rich, fruity with a backbone of woody bitterness. To taste, its sweeter than expected with baked apples, fruit cake and intense brown sugar contrasted by earthier notes of bark, damp soil and cloves.

This white vermouth from the Australia-based Regal Rogue range is "Fearlessly Handcrafted" and evidently rather lively! If you like your vermouth to be zesty and vibrant with fruit at the fore, thisll be for you.

The Wild Rose Vermouth from the Regal Rogue range is a fruit-forwards expression, featuring native Australian Illawarra plums, strawberry gum and rosella, giving notes of red fruit and earthy anise.

Another "Fearlessly Handcrafted" Australian vermouth here from the Regal Rogue range. This is their Daring Dry expression, made with a selection of native Australian herbs including anise myrtle, quandong and native thyme, as well as white pepper, olive leaf and juniper. The result is intriguingly savoury, with salty touches coming through too - the minds of the cocktail enthusiasts out there ought to be whirring with ideas for how to use this.

Made by combining walnut husks with vermouth, this rich, full-bodied and elegant aperitif from Casoni, in Emilia, is an innovative take on the traditional Italian drink. Led by an intense flavour of walnuts, serve this fresh combo neat or over ice with a slice of orange.

Bitter-sweet, very slightly syrupy. The dried fruits found on the nose with Christmas spices and a distinct Christmas cake flavour.

Huge, complex, fruity and raisiny with underlying spicy, citrusy bitterness over which are layered sweet flavours of liquorice, orange zest and juice, rhubarb, grapes and cocoa.

Light-bodied, complex and showing great finesse. Bitter-sweet with notes of tobacco leaf, espresso, cinnamon, liquorice, anise and nutmeg with a cola-like fruitiness.

This vermouth from Casoni is made from a base of albana grape wine, infused with a whole host of botanicals along with the distinct flavour of balsamic vinegar. The recipe comes from Tomaso Agnini, an early member of the Casoni family, and the complex, balanced vermouth should lend an interesting twist to cocktails.