Lacuesta Dry Vermouth

Lacuesta Dry Vermouth is the Extra Dry of Haro's vermouth house — 15% ABV, 750mL, a white vermouth of twenty plants and herbs cold-macerated into wine and bottled genuinely dry at 28.8 g/l of sugar, with a sharp, wormwood-led finish built for Martinis. It is available to order online at Del Mesa Liquor.

• ABV: 15%
• Size: 750mL
• Style: Extra dry white vermouth
• Sweetness: 28.8 g/l sugar (producer tech sheet) — against 104.5 g/l for the house's sweet Blanco
• Method: Twenty plants and herbs, cold-macerated (producer US tech sheet)
• Origin: Haro, La Rioja, Spain (Bodegas Martinez Lacuesta, founded 1895; vermouth since 1937)

La Rioja's Dry Vermouth, from the House That Started in 1937

Martinez Lacuesta is a family bodega founded in Haro in 1895 by Don Felix Martinez Lacuesta — vermouth came later, in 1937, when the family pioneered it in La Rioja. The Extra Dry is the range's cocktail expression: the botanicals go in cold, the sugar stays down at 28.8 g/l, and what reaches the glass is crisp acidity and artemisia bitterness rather than the sweet Blanco's vanilla roundness. It is the dry end of a range aromatised by the family's guarded Conzia method. Stock it beside its siblings in our liqueurs collection, or browse the house on the Lacuesta vendor page.

Tasting Notes

Colour: Almost clear (producer tech sheet). Nose: Soft florals — chamomile and mint — over a hint of vanilla sweetness. Palate: Crisp and sharp, with licorice, cinnamon, ginger and lemon. Finish: The aromatic expressiveness of artemisia (wormwood), very dry and persistent.

How to Enjoy

The producer serves it cold with a lemon slice and an olive. The importer aims it squarely at the Martini: a 50/50 — equal parts gin or vodka and this vermouth, with bergamot or orange bitters and a lemon twist.

Frequently Asked Questions

How dry is "Extra Dry" here? Measurably: 28.8 g/l of sugar on the producer's tech sheet, against 104.5 g/l for the sweet Blanco from the same house — this is the driest white Lacuesta makes.

Is Lacuesta Dry the same as Lacuesta Blanco? No — the Blanco is the sweet white (104.5 g/l); this Dry is the Extra Dry expression (28.8 g/l), sharp and wormwood-led. Check the label for "Extra Dry / Extra Seco."

Where is it made? In Haro, La Rioja, by Bodegas Martinez Lacuesta — founded 1895, making vermouth since 1937.

Extra dry, Rioja-born — order Lacuesta Dry Vermouth online from Del Mesa Liquor in San Diego, CA.