NV Cocchi Vermouth di Torino Storico

Community Tasting Notes (19) Avg Score: 91.5 points

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  11/13/2023 - mjwstickings Likes this wine: 91 Points

  My second bottle of this great vermouth (not sure about the tasting/opening date, but likely late 2022 to early 2023), and I'll just repeat what I said before: This is a remarkable beverage, a vermouth that is deep and rich and best drunk neat with a chill (if not cold). It's strongly medicinal, to be sure, with quite a bit of bitterness building on the palate through the long finish, but the bitterness is fruity, like grapefruit and orange pith, and that bitter fruit goes well with the other, sweeter notes of apricot, caramel, honey, and licorice, all with a deep amber color and a silky texture just short of, say, Pedro Ximenez sherry. The bitterness is necessary, actually, lest the rest become cloying, and it all stays well in check, mostly, even if the bitterness is, in the end, a bit too strong.

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  9/15/2022 - henrygjeffreys Likes this wine:

  Beautiful pale colour like an old tawny port
  Caramel and chocolate orange on the nose
  Sweet, lovely balance, dark chocolate and marmalade.
  Good neat and also with tonic. Bet this would make a killer Negroni.

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  8/9/2021 - mjwstickings Likes this wine: 91 Points

  This is a remarkable beverage, a vermouth that is deep and rich and best drunk neat with a chill (if not cold). Remarkably, too, while I tasted this in August 2021, there was some left a year later, in the fridge, and... it was still remarkably good. It's strongly medicinal, to be sure, with quite a bit of bitterness building on the palate through the long finish, and the extra year made it seem even more medicinal, strangely, but the bitterness is fruity, like grapefruit and orange pith, and that bitter fruit goes well with the other, sweeter notes of apricot, caramel, honey, and licorice, all with a deep amber color and a silky texture just short of, say, Pedro Ximenez sherry. The bitterness is necessary, actually, lest the rest become cloying, and it all stays well in check, mostly, even if the bitterness is, in the end, a bit too strong.

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  11/25/2020 - WineCenturyAZ Likes this wine: 89 Points

  Deep amber in the glass, aromatic nose of botanicals, medium sweet to bittersweet palate, pronounced flavors, citrus rind, zest, constant comment tea notes and tannins, dries herbs, dried apricot, fig notes, rhubarb, caramel, full bodied long finish. Fantastic QPR.

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  10/6/2020 - Knxdr Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Perfect counterbalance of sweetness and bitterness for a Negroni or on its own.

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