Punt e Mes
Punt e Mes is an Italian vermouth. It is dark brown in color and has a bitter flavour. Punt e Mes literally means "point and a half" in Piedmontese. It has been said that it owes its name to a sudden raise of the stock market (naturally, of a point and a half) which greatly benefitted the Carpano distilleries, which then created the vermouth brand to commemorate the occasion.[citation needed] Alternatively it may refer to the flavor being characterised as one ”point” of sweetness and half a point of bitterness.[1]
It can be used as a substitute for regular rosso vermouth in such drinks as the Americano, Manhattan and Negroni. Punt e Mes has a strong, distinctive flavour, half-way between regular rosso vermouth and Campari. Punt e Mes was made by the Carpano family from Turin until 2001, when Distillerie Fratelli Branca of Milan bought them.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ puntemes.com
- ^ Ciappi, Andrea (2005-05). "Not Just Fernet". Chianti Classico Magazine. Archived from the original on 2007-08-27. http://web.archive.org/web/20070827231933/http://www.chianticlassico.com/english/magazine/200505/articolo1.asp. Retrieved 2007-09-18.
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