Vermouth Red 17% vol. Contratto Giuseppe

Ingredients: 
Cortese white wine, alcohol, water, sugar, extracts of 31 flavourings derived from natural herbs, spices, roots and seeds (8 of which are secret), natural caramel extract which gives the typical dark red colour. 

Botanicals: 
Coriander, bay leaf, chamomile, cinnamon, ginger, angelica, cloves, nutmeg, bitter orange, gentian, nettle, sweet orange, carob, juniper, rhubarb, hibiscus, sage, cinchona bark, lemon, elderberry, bergamot, liquorice, sandalwood. 

Preparation: 
Fine grinding of the ingredients by a hammer mill. Cold extraction by means of a hydroalcoholic solution in which the powder of the plants matures for about 20 days to extract all the aromatic substances. Mixing of the extract with wine, alcohol and sugar, followed by cooling and filtration to remove all solid residues. Maturation in steel tanks for about 40 days. 

Serving temperature: 
6 - 8°C. 

Producer: 
Giuseppe Contratto 
Giuseppe Contratto founded his winery in 1867, when he began vinifying Moscato grapes from the Monferrato area to produce one of the first Italian sparkling wines to be re-fermented in the bottle. In those years, the Contratto family began building the historic winery, which was completed in the early 20th century. 

Around 1910, Contratto wines began to conquer foreign markets and became synonymous with prestige and quality in the world of sparkling wines, so much so that the Canelli company became the official supplier to the Vatican, the Belgian Royal Family and, in 1913, the Royal House of Savoy. In 1920, Contratto began producing vermouths and liqueurs. The processing techniques and recipes of that time have remained more or less unchanged, so that the taste of yesteryear can still be tasted today. 

Giuseppe Contratto srl 
Via G.B. Giuliani 56 
IT - 14053 Canelli (AT) 
info@contratto.it 
www.contratto.it