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Its base is certified DOCG Barolo wine—that is, 100% Nebbiolo from the Barolo region in Piedmont. "Moscato is a beautiful grape and makes sense for vermouth,The use of barrel-aged, high-quality red wine means Barolo Chinato is strikingly complex and rich.

To make chinato, producers macerate a blend of herbs, spices, and bittering agents in grain alcohol or grappa; this infusion, which sometimes includes juniper, coriander, citrus rind, clove, ginger, vanilla, bay leaf, and cardamom, is added to the wine until the mixture reaches about 16 to 18% ABV.The drink's bitterness comes primarily from what Italians call china also known as cinchona, the bark that produces quinine.