Vermouth di Torino
ingredient / ingredient-vermouth-di-torino
ヴェルモット・ディ・トリノ
Vermouth di Torino, an EU-protected geographical indication (IGP): an aromatised wine made throughout Piedmont by adding alcohol to Italian wine products and flavoring them primarily with Artemisia plants (A. absinthium and/or A. pontica are required) and other permitted herbs and spices. Actual alcohol content is 16–22% vol. A geographical-indication subtype of vermouth in general.
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A photograph of bottles of several brands that call themselves Vermouth di Torino (1757, Antica Formula, 9 di DANTE, and others) lined up.
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Vermouth di Torino is an aromatised wine registered as an EU protected geographical indication (IGP). Under the disciplinare (production specification) promulgated in Italy's official gazette (Decreto 22 marzo 2017, n. 1826), it is defined as an aromatised wine made from one or more Italian wine products obtained in Piedmont, with added alcohol, flavored mainly with plants of the genus Artemisia alongside other permitted herbs and spices. The production and bottling zone is described as the entire Piedmont region.
The same disciplinare requires the presence of Artemisia absinthium (wormwood) and/or A. pontica among the plants used for flavoring, at no less than 0.5 grams of dried plant equivalent per 1 liter of finished product. This is a minimum-use rule in the specification, not an analytical measurement of the plant's contribution to sensory bitterness. Actual alcohol content must be at least 16% vol and less than 22% vol.
On the legal basis of Articles 21 and 26(1)(3) of Regulation (EU) No 251/2014, this geographical indication was entered in the register of protected geographical indications for aromatised wine products by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/198. Under that regulation's record, the Italian technical file and national approval are reported as received on March 24, 2017. This is a different date from promulgation of the disciplinare on March 22, 2017.
Turin herb-shop owner Antonio Benedetto Carpano (「アントニオ・ベネデット・カルパーノ」) is described as beginning industrial production of vermouth in 1786 at his Piazza Castello shop in Turin, initially using Piedmont Moscato white wine as its base. Several sources state that, notwithstanding earlier mentions in Tuscany, production and renown became associated primarily with Piedmont through Carpano. It should be noted that this is an origin narrative conveyed by an encyclopedia and a museum database, and is an account at the level of industrial history rather than the history of an individual brand.
Sources for this overview
Checked for this overview: Checked the definition in the IGP production specification. / Checked the rule governing the production and bottling zone. / Checked the required Artemisia species and minimum use quantity. / Checked the rule specifying actual alcohol content of 16–22% vol.
Checked for this overview: Checked the EU register entry and date of receipt.
Checked for this overview: Checked the regulations establishing the legal basis for registration.
Checked for this overview: Checked the account that Carpano founded the enterprise in 1786.
Antonio Benedetto Carpano (Bioglio 24 novembre 1751 - Torino 1815)
Checked for this overview: Checked the comparison with earlier mentions in Tuscany.
Other names: Vermut di Torino (it)
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Vermouth di Torino →requires minimum content of→ wormwood
Vermouth di Torino →— designated production zone→ Piedmont
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Safety and regulation (5)
Scope: Italy. Decreto 22 marzo 2017, n. 1826 (the disciplinare text)
Note: A legal definition under a geographical indication; it does not guarantee the production method of any individual brand.
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ingredient-vermouth-di-torino —is_defined_in_regulation_as→ (the claim sentence above)Scope: Italy. Decreto 22 marzo 2017, n. 1826 (the disciplinare text)
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ingredient-vermouth-di-torino —requires_minimum_content_of→ ingredient-wormwoodScope: Italy; text of the disciplinare in Decreto 22 marzo 2017, n. 1826.
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ingredient-vermouth-di-torino —has_permitted_alcohol_range→ (the claim sentence above)Scope: Italy; text of the disciplinare in Decreto 22 marzo 2017, n. 1826.
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ingredient-vermouth-di-torino —has_designated_production_zone→ region-piemonteScope: EU. Regulation (EU) 2020/198, Article 2, Recitals 5 and 8
Note: A factual record of the registration procedure; it is not a claim guaranteeing the commercial standing of any individual brand.
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ingredient-vermouth-di-torino —is_registered_as_eu_geographical_indication→ (the claim sentence above)Culture (1)
Scope: The vermut entry in the Treccani encyclopedia and the Carpano entry in MuseoTorino.
Note: Included as an origin narrative conveyed consistently by several public and encyclopedic sources. Their assessments of historical certainty are not wholly identical (the account of earlier references in Tuscany comes from MuseoTorino).
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