Producer
Casa Martelletti
Casa Martelletti is a Piedmontese brand specializing in vermouth di Torino; it offers at least two versions (classic sweet and dry) made according to a historic recipe linked to a traditional pharmacy of the Alto Monferrato and produced/bottled at the Asti facility.
- Asti · Piedmont · Italy
- 1 product
The story
The Casa Martelletti brand evokes an old palazzo and an herbalist tradition of the Alto Monferrato connected to a historic pharmacy in Cocconato d'Asti. The Classic Vermouth recipe is traditional and is traced back to past centuries (the brand's historical page mentions a 17th/18th-century origin of the recipe). Today the brand is managed in the Asti area and production/bottling is carried out at the plant on Via Valgera 94, Asti.
Production philosophy
To enhance the Piedmontese tradition of vermouth by preserving historic recipes based on aromatized wine and numerous herbs and spices, with an approach focused on maintaining the classic aromatic profiles of Vermouth di Torino.
Territory
Asti and the Monferrato area (Piedmont). Production and bottling at the facility on Via Valgera 94, Asti.
Production method
According to published information, the product is created by infusing more than 20 herbs and spices (each herb treated individually), with maceration in small batches for about 40 days; the extract is then combined with alcohol, sugar and base wine to obtain the vermouth.
Characteristics
- Type
- Producer
- City
- Asti
- Categories
- vermouth di Torino
- vermouth classico
- vermouth dry
- aromatized aperitifs
- Raw materials
- base wine: Moscato d'Asti
- herbs and spices (including artemisia/wormwood)
- Representative products
- Vermouth di Torino Classico (rosso) 75 cl
- Vermouth di Torino Dry 75 cl
- Vermouth Classico 75 cl
What makes it distinctive
- Historic recipe linked to a traditional pharmacy of the Alto Monferrato / Cocconato d'Asti.
- Vermouth di Torino produced from a base wine (Moscato d'Asti according to distributor technical sheets).
- Infusion of over 20 herbs and spices with maceration in small batches.
- Available in classic (rosso) and dry versions.