Cocktails with Rosso vermouth
Rosso vermouth is a sweet fortified wine flavored with wormwood, herbs and spices, and the backbone of the Manhattan and the Negroni.
ABV15–17%
Substitutes for Rosso vermouth
The closest swap, in the same amount. It carries nearly as much sugar, so the sweetness holds, but the drink turns paler and loses its dried-fruit depth. Where the color is part of the drink, as in a Manhattan, a pale swap shows at a glance.
Goes in at the same amount, plus a scant barspoon of syrup per 25 ml, since it is barely sweet. The drink turns paler too.
Bitter aromatized wine
Wine bittered with quinine or gentian, such as a quinquina or an americano, goes in at the same amount, but gives the drink a noticeable bitterness.
On the label
- “vermouth”
- A legal category, not a style. Wine must make up at least 75% of the bottle, wormwood is required, and the strength runs from 14.5% to 22% ABV. Without wormwood it is simply an aromatized wine.
