Unites States of Vermouth - Bianco Vino Vermouth di Salida
Bianco Vino Vermouth di Salida Origin: Salida, Colorado Producer: Vino Salida Wine Cellars (in collaboration with Wood’s High Mountain Distillery ABV: 17.5% Wine Base: Black Muscat Known Botanicals: Anise, Chamomile, Galangal, Horehound, Linden, & Wormwood Sugar: Sweetened with Chaffee County alfalfa honey Look – Pale yellow/straw colored with light golden highlights. Slight cloudiness Nose – Chamomille tea with sweet honey and licorice overtones. An alcohol-y edge. Mouth – Taste begins with honey blast with light honeysuckle overtones quickly followed by light acidity which resolves to a low plateau of grassy medicinal herbs then drops to an anise-y grab at the back of the throat and a long, very slightly smokey, drying aftertaste This bianco offers up some intriguing stuff, even if it seems not just restrained, but almost tight in giving up its pleasures. I, myself, would like the sweetness balanced by a bit more acidity. Whatever wormwood was used, is begrudging in i
