Capitoline Red Vermouth NV

Alcohol: 17.5%

Grape (Base wine): AVA Certified Santa Barbara Blended Wine

Localization: Washington DC

Tasting notes: Warm baking spice and tangy red fruit with punchy orange zest and herbal warmth of rosemary & sage

Cocktail Recipe: - Vermouth&Soda: 2 oz capitoline vermouth, 3 oz seltzer

Adonis: 1.5 oz CApitoline red vermouth, 1.5 oz manzanilla or fino Sherry, 3 dashes orange bitters

Stir to chill, pour into a chilled coupe glass, and garnish with fresh orange peel expressed over glass & run along the  rim.

Auld Lang Syne: 1oz capitoline red Vermouth, 0.5 OZ green chartreuse, 3 oz dry sparkling wine

stir vermouth & Chartreuse to chill. strain into chilled glass, top with bubbles and finish with expressed orange or lemon peel

The story: Taking inspiration from the classic vermouths of Europe, Capitoline dry is a distinctively American expression based on carefully sourced wines, fresh herbs, and hand-peeled citrus. Balanced with selected botanicals. Fortified with grape spirit infused with 15 botanicals and spices.

With Capitoline, Hamidi and Pastan are producing a white and rosé vermouth out of New Columbia's Ivy City distillery. The rosé is a Sangiovese wine from a California vineyard co-owned by Pastan. The other is a blend of aromatic dry white varietals. Both vermouths have a similar citrusy herbal character and don't shy away from a little bitterness. We think bitter is kind of an undervalued element in a flavor profile, Hamidi says. She adds that it's very wine-centric: They didn't want to cover up the vermouth with a heavy-handed dose of botanicals and sugar since it is a wine-based product, after all.