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Rosso
Spiritsaperitif

Rosso

A Greek non-alcoholic rosso vermouth built on fermented grape concentrate, with bitter orange, gentian, and wormwood as the defining botanicals.

About This Drink

Roots Divino Rosso comes from the same Aegean island setup as the Bianco, but it's a markedly different drink. Where the Bianco is citrus-forward and light, the Rosso goes darker and more complex: bitter orange, gentian, and wormwood are the headline botanicals, sitting on a non-alcoholic fermented grape concentrate base that gives the wine-like body its aperitif siblings usually lack. The flavour profile lands somewhere between a classic rosso vermouth and a light amaro. Dried fruits, plum and cassis dominate the mid-palate; the fruitcake spice note is genuine rather than artificial-smelling; and the wormwood bitterness keeps the whole thing from veering into overly sweet territory. At 6g sugar per 100ml it is considerably drier than many AF aperitifs, which tend to compensate for missing alcohol with extra sweetness. It doesn't do that. Serve over ice with tonic for the approachable route, or stir into a Negroni-adjacent build if you want to test it properly. It has collected the same run of gold medals as the Bianco, including Best in Show at WSWA Las Vegas 2024, and it's available in 700ml bottles.

Ingredients

Water, invert sugar syrup, non-alcoholic fermented grape juice concentrate, natural wormwood distillate, oregano extract, thyme extract, caramel colour from carrot juice concentrate, citric acid, sodium benzoate, potassium sorbate, caramel sugar syrup

Key Specs

Per 100ml

Calories
25 kcal
Sugar
6.0g

Tasting Notes

Taste

BITTER ORANGE AND GENTIAN LEAD WITH DRIED FRUIT DEPTH PLUM AND CASSIS FRUITCAKE SPICE AND A CLEAN WORMWOOD BITTERNESS; SWEETNESS PRESENT BUT RESTRAINED

Aroma

DARK DRIED FRUITS BITTER ORANGE PEEL GENTIAN ROOT EARTHINESS WITH OREGANO AND THYME UNDERNEATH

Character

Appearance
DEEP AMBER-RUBY CLEAR
Mouthfeel
MEDIUM-BODIED AND ROUNDED; GRAPE-BASE WEIGHT PLEASANTLY BITTER MID-PALATE
Finish
DRY AND BITTERSWEET; LINGERING ORANGE PEEL AND GENTIAN LONG AND CLEAN

Production

Wine-based; non-alcoholic fermented grape juice concentrate macerated with Greek botanicals including bitter orange, gentian and wormwood, dealcoholised via reverse osmosis

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Key Specs

Per 100ml

Calories
25 kcal
Sugar
6.0g

Tasting Notes

Taste

BITTER ORANGE AND GENTIAN LEAD WITH DRIED FRUIT DEPTH PLUM AND CASSIS FRUITCAKE SPICE AND A CLEAN WORMWOOD BITTERNESS; SWEETNESS PRESENT BUT RESTRAINED

Aroma

DARK DRIED FRUITS BITTER ORANGE PEEL GENTIAN ROOT EARTHINESS WITH OREGANO AND THYME UNDERNEATH

Character

Appearance
DEEP AMBER-RUBY CLEAR
Mouthfeel
MEDIUM-BODIED AND ROUNDED; GRAPE-BASE WEIGHT PLEASANTLY BITTER MID-PALATE
Finish
DRY AND BITTERSWEET; LINGERING ORANGE PEEL AND GENTIAN LONG AND CLEAN

Production

Wine-based; non-alcoholic fermented grape juice concentrate macerated with Greek botanicals including bitter orange, gentian and wormwood, dealcoholised via reverse osmosis