Noilly Prat Original Dry Vermouth 18%, 75cl

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The aromatic herbs and spices used in the creation of Noilly Prat Original Dry include Roman chamomile and gentian from France, nutmeg from Indonesia and bitter orange from Tunisia.

This fantastic amber expression from Noilly Prat, is made in the same way as their classic original dry vermouth, but with the addition of botanicals such as cinnamon, cardamom and vanilla, this is a richer, sweeter and more full-bodied release. The Algonquin cocktail is named for the Algonquin Hotel, which is composed of rye whiskey, Noilly Prat and pineapple juice. It was to mimic this natural process that Joseph Noilly, in 1813, designed a process that made France's first vermouth. To taste the dry white wine emerges, with a complex yet delicate bitter finish laced with a touch of spice. It has an aromatic blend of herbs and spices which gently infuses the wines to create a unique bouquet and taste.Noilly Prat vermouth is handcrafted in the Languedoc region of the south of France using only Blancs de Blancs wines made from the local Picoult and Clairette grapes. Facebook sets this cookie to show relevant advertisements to users by tracking user behaviour across the web, on sites that have Facebook pixel or Facebook social plugin. These cookies allow us to create statistical analyses to determine which articles are the most popular. The _ga cookie, installed by Google Analytics, calculates visitor, session and campaign data and also keeps track of site usage for the site's analytics report.

Among them Chamomile, Coriander from Morocco, Bitter Oranges from Tunisia, Cardamom from India, or Elderflower. At its home in the South of France, a selection of fine white wines are aged outdoors in oak casks exposed to the Mediterranean sun, sea and wind for 12 months.Before steamships wines were transported over long distances around the world by sail, barrels subjected to varying temperatures and humidity over many months giving them a unique character, in the age of steam, wines lost this character - faced with this Louis Noilly began to age his wines in the open air on land to recreate conditions on board a ship - this technique was so successful it is still used at Noilly Prat today. The Noilly Prat company is based in Marseillan, in the Hérault department of southern France (it lies some 50 km west of Montpellier) and exclusively use white grape varieties grown in the Marseillan area. This may affect nutrition and allergen information therefore you should always check product labels and not rely solely on the information presented here. This unique process is mainly based on the ageing in oak casks, in the open air, of white wines, exclusively "Blanc de Blancs". Our transit boxes are designed to withstand most things, but wine does however sometimes break in transit.

The blend is transferred to large casks and a secret blend of 20 botanicals (including Roman chamomile, yellow gentian, nutmeg, and bitter orange) is added by hand each day in a gentle maceration lasting 3 weeks, after filtration, the wines rest for 6+ weeks before bottling. It may not be reproduced in any way whatsoever without the prior consent of Waitrose Limited nor without due acknowledgement.This cookie is set by Rubicon Project to control synchronization of user identification and exchange of user data between various ad services.

Brought back inside and left to rest for a few months, the wines are then blended together into oak casks. Some recipes substituted a vermouth from Dolin [ fr] instead of Noilly Prat for making martinis, [3] which is said to be "every bit as good as, although not by any means identical to, the old Noilly". It is, however, still very important that you let us know of any breakages once received so we can arrange replacement wine for you as quickly as possible.I always, always have a bottle to hand in the kitchen, but it is a distinguished addition to the drinks cabinet, too.