Drapo Vermouth Gran Reserva
Drapo Vermouth Gran Reserva is a barrel-aged Italian vermouth at 18% ABV in a 750mL bottle — an elevated Rosso botanical bill from Turin Vermouth in Turin, Piedmont, aged 8 months in used Barbera wine barrels of medium-toast French oak — available to order online at Del Mesa Liquor, San Diego, CA.
- ABV: 18% vol
- Size: 750mL
- Base wine: Trebbiano, Piedmont, Italy
- Botanicals: elevated Rosso botanical bill with additional herbs — wormwood, in-house-milled herbs, spices, roots
- Aging: 8 months in used Barbera barrels (medium-toast French oak), plus 5 weeks rest; limited single-barrel-style expression
- Producer: Turin Vermouth, Turin, Piedmont (Tuvé house brand; vermouth tradition to 1786)
Eight Months in Barbera Barrels
The Gran Reserva is the amaro-leaning flagship of the Drapo line: Turin Vermouth takes its Rosso botanical recipe, elevates it with additional herbs, and rests it for eight months in used Barbera wine barrels — a treatment closer to fine spirits than to standard vermouth. The result borders on amaro, with intense root and tree-bark character. It earned Gold at the 2017 ISW and the 2016 ADI Spirits Competition. Explore the Tuve range, or browse the store's barrel-aged and reserve vermouths.
Tasting Notes
Intense root and tree-bark notes with dried plum and raisin; loads of chewy clove and licorice over a dense, long, lasting finish. Vermouth that drinks like amaro.
How to Enjoy
Serve neat or over one large cube as a digestif — it needs no mixer. In cocktails, treat it as a red-vermouth-plus: a Manhattan or Boulevardier with unusual depth.
Frequently Asked Questions
What makes it a "Gran Reserva"?
Elevated botanicals plus 8 months of barrel aging in used Barbera casks — a limited, single-barrel-style expression, unlike the unaged Drapo line.
What is the ABV?
18% ABV.
Is it more like vermouth or amaro?
It borders on amaro — intense root, bark, clove, and licorice notes with a dense finish — while remaining a wine-based aromatized vermouth.
Who makes Drapo vermouth?
Turin Vermouth of Turin, Piedmont, Italy — the only operating vermouth producer inside the city of Turin, working from familial recipes dating to 1786; imported in the US by Preiss Imports.
Turin's barrel-aged statement: order Drapo Vermouth Gran Reserva online from Del Mesa Liquor in San Diego, CA.