Method Spirits Sweet Vermouth 750ML NV The oak is subtle

The oak is subtle

carried by a freshness which gives the wine a lot of tone

and trial recipes produced this one

luscious Malmseys New Yorkers prized from the colonial era until after the Civil War

and the 2011 arrives with some fifteen years of bottle age already behind it

Method Spirits Sweet Vermouth 750ML NV The oak is subtleMethod founder Cory Fitzsimmons ran the bar at Union Square Cafe before deciding New York deserved a serious vermouth of its own, and three years of blind tastings of botanicals, base wines, and trial recipes produced this one. Styled after the classic sweet vermouths of Turin but built entirely from New York State material, it rests on Finger Lakes Valvin Muscat and Cayuga White fortified with brandy from Finger Lakes Distilling, then layered with 29