Cocktails with Punt e Mes
Punt e Mes is a branded Italian sweet (rosso) vermouth from Turin distinguished by a pronounced added quinine bitterness.
ABV16%
Taste profile
Weighty and coating on the palate, it finishes long and firmly bitter, with quinine and orange peel drying out an aromatic, herbal sweetness.
How it's used
Bartenders pour it stirred as a base or co-base measure in aperitivo-style builds, where it supplies sweetness, body and a bitter backbone in a single measure; a smaller accent pour lends colour and bitter depth without dominating.
Substitutes for Punt e Mes
No single product supplies both its sweet-vermouth body and its quinine bitterness at once; approximate it with a sweet vermouth plus a dash of a quinine-forward or aromatic bitter, accepting that the integrated profile differs.
Often confused with
It shares the sweet-vermouth base but carries markedly more bitterness, notably from quinine/cinchona, sitting between rosso vermouth and a bitter aperitivo; it is not a one-for-one swap without adjusting a drink's bitterness.
Vermouth chinato
