DISTILLERY NOTES

This Vermouth is made in the style of a traditional Italian Rosso Vermouth for use in classic cocktails, but with enough Vancouver Island character to stand on its own over ice or with a splash of soda.

We precisely blend our Wildflower Traditional Mead with the 2013 Schönburger from Venturi-Schulze Vineyards in the Cowichan Valley and spirit from Stillhead Distillery in Duncan. We then add 32 different botanicals.

Each botanical is extracted completely separately from each other and then blended together after extraction - this allows us to really dial in the exact flavour we want, regardless of seasonal/regional changes to the botanicals. This also allows us to give each botanical the exact amount of extract time it needs (sometimes that's 2 days, sometimes that's 2 months!) We practice this blending method for all of our apéritif wines!

BC SPIRITS NOTES

Love this Rosso from Esquimalt Wine Co., very classic but also super unique. Lots of mead and botanical notes on the nose but on the palate, complex but balanced botanicals pair perfectly with the base wine from Venturi Schultz Winery. Perfect add to a BC Negroni

Alcohol - 16% / 32 proof

Color - Dark scarlett red

Nose - Very aromatic mead on the nose, honeysuckle and classic metheglin nose

Taste - The mead notes on the notes turn into balanced and complex sweetness on the palate with the wine base coming forward. The botanicals are there but are complementing and not overbearing.

Finish - xmas spice and off sweet wine

Best Enjoyed - A BC Negroni must have

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