Aromatised wine

An aromatised wine (also spelled aromatized) is a fortified wine or mistelle that

has been flavoured with herbs, spices, fruit or other natural flavourings.

Description

Varieties of aromatised wine

Vermouth

Vermouth is the most widely used aromatised wine due to its use in cocktails and
famous commercial brands such as Martini and Cinzano which are commonplace
around the world. Vermouth can be sweet or dry and red, white, pink or orange. It
is traditionally flavoured with an infusion of herbs, peels and spices, including
wormwood but modern commercial brands are likely to be made with a sweet
concentrate of flavours to maintain consistency and low-cost.[2] Other brands
include Punt e Mes, Noilly Prat and Carpano.

Aromatised wine-based aperitifs

Aromatised wine-based aperitifs are a range of beverages related to vermouth but

can be flavoured with many botanicals including cinchona bark (the source of
quinine), gentian root and fruit, and typically don't contain wormwood, or flavours
of wormwood, that vermouths historically have.[3] Two types include Quinquina
and Americano.

Quinquina

Quinquina uses cinchona as a main flavouring ingredient. Brands of this type of

aromatised wine aperitif include Lillet, Dubonnet and Byrrh.

Americano

Americano uses gentian root as the main flavouring ingredient. The name comes
from the French 'Amer' meaning bitter, rather than any reference to 'America'.
Brands of this type of aromatised wine aperitif include Cocchi Americano and
Vergano Americano.[4]

Lillet

Lillet is a French aromatised wine which from 1887 to 1986 contained quinine.
The white (blanc) version was an ingredient in "Gin and French" especially popular
in Victorian London,[5][6] similar to a martini or "Gin and It" using vermouth.

See also

Spiced wine

Ginger wine

Mulled wine

Sangria

References

1. EUR-Lex "The European Union Official Journal of Law" (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-conten

t/EN/ALL/?uri=CELEX:31991R1601) . The European Union. Retrieved November 18, 2014.

2. Robinson, Jancis (2006). The Oxford Companion to Wine 3rd Ed. Oxford University Press.

3. Dominé, André (2008). The Ultimate Bar Book. Ullmann.

4. Eats, Serious. "The Most Delicious Thing: Vergano Americano Aperitif Wine" (http://drinks.ser
iouseats.com/2013/04/great-aperitif-wine-vergano-americano-dressner-punt-e-mes-substitut
 e.html) . drinks.seriouseats.com.

5. "- Liquor & Drink" (http://liquoranddrink.com/drinks/332-gin-and-french) .

liquoranddrink.com.

6. "BBC - Food - Recipes : Gin and French" (https://web.archive.org/web/20120121205007/htt

p://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/gin_and_french_47127) . www.bbc.co.uk. Archived from
the original (https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/gin_and_french_47127) on 2012-01-21.

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