Questo vino
Ingredients and production
A red vermouth combining sugar, alcohol, wine and an extract of 40 herbs. Moscato d'Asti DOCG accounts for 20% of the finished blend, following a traditional Piedmontese recipe. Rhubarb, angostura and bitter orange are especially prominent. The complete botanical composition and infusion process remain part of Scarpa’s secret recipe, held since the 1940s.
Most of the herbs and spices come from Pancalieri, a Piedmontese town near Turin on the River Po, known for cultivating medicinal and aromatic plants.
Technical data
Alcohol: 18% ABV. Sugar content: 70 g/L. Bottle size: 750 ml.
Tasting profile
Deep brown with ochre highlights. The aroma brings together Moscato wine and a complex range of herbs, with particularly distinct bitter notes of rhubarb, licorice and Artemisia. The palate is rounded and highly persistent, with an appetizing, pleasantly bitter character.
Serving and pairing
Serve chilled at 10–12 °C, either neat or on the rocks.
Label / history
The confidential list of 40 herbs and the infusion method belong to a Scarpa recipe preserved since the 1940s.
