Sun Break Vermouth™
Premium Small-Batch Vermouth
Contemplative, soulful, and entirely Sun Break. Our vermouths are for slow evenings and conversation; for sipping neat or over ice, as an apéritif or dessert wine or as the heart of a beautiful cocktail.
- 17+ No-Spray or Certified Organic Botanicals
- Delicious on their own, chilled or on ice (not too sweet nor too bitter/medicinal) or as part of an awesome cocktail
- Best value and quality to price ratio (QPR) for 91pt+ 750ml small-batch vermouth!
- 1% for the Planet
Sun Break Vermouths are made from red and rosé base wines with the dominant aromas and flavors coming from the organic and no-spray botanical infusions. These are crafted to be enjoyed on their own, chilled, as apéritif wines; and of course, they shine in cocktails. We use no-spray practices on our property to grow several botanicals including wormwood, fennel, coriander, rose petals and rose hips. The others are certified organic and as safe from contaminants.
Sun Break Rosé Vermouth: Bright and floral, with citrus, alpine meadow, spice and bitter flavors. Produced from a rose’ of Pinot Noir and grape brandy (distilled from Pinot Noir) that is infused with 17 old- and new-world organic and no-spray botanicals. This includes rose petals, hibiscus flowers, rose hips, elder flower, orange peel, lemon peel, angelica root, gentian root, anise seed, fennel seed, coriander, sage, lemongrass, cinnamon, ginger root, roasted chicory root and wormwood. The residual sugar is 3% which technically makes this a dry vermouth (that is, under 4%) Enjoy on its own, chilled or on ice as an aperitif wine. Also delicious with a twist of lime or lemon, and/or with soda water, and of course this vermouth shines in cocktails such as a Martini or Negroni.
Sun Break Red Vermouth: Deep brick red in color. Dusty nose with heady baking spice, woodsy cedar, orange peel, cherry/cranberry flavors with bitter and nutty cardamom highlights. A blend of 20 old- and new-world organic and no-spray botanicals including cardamom, cinnamon, roasted chicory root, maqui berries, juniper berries, rose hips, elder flower, orange peel, sage, grains of paradise, angelica root, gentian root, horehound, blessed thistle, anise seed, fennel seed, wild cherry bark, elecampane root, Oregon grape, and wormwood. The base wine is Pinot Noir, and the brandy is distilled from Rose’ of Pinot Noir. Residual sugar: 9.5%
Sun Break Barrel Aged Red Vermouth: This vermouth began its life just like our original red vermouth (above), but then we let it dream for three years in oak barrels. What emerged is a beautifully complex elixir, with aromatics that drift in like a late-night jazz riff—stewed cranberry and cinnamon compote, rose petal and elder flower potpourri, and a hint of cured, sweet pipe tobacco.
On the palate, flavors of cranberry sauce infused with hazelnut, nutmeg, orange peel and candied cherry sweep in. Sage, cardamom, cinnamon and a caravan of spices roll across the palate in long, soft echoes. Beneath it all, staccato notes of the bitter botanicals— wormwood, gentian root, Oregon grape, wild cherry bark, horehound and blessed thistle.
Enjoy on its own, chilled or on ice as an aperitif or dessert wine. Also delicious with a wedge or twist of orange, and/or with soda water, and of course this vermouth shines in cocktails such as a Manhattan.
Cocktail ideas and recipes featuring Sun Break Rose’ and Red Vermouth. I reached out to mixologist friends and clients for advice and then added a couple of our favorite recipes. My preference is still simple– on the rocks with a twist of lime for the rose’ and a twist of orange for the red vermouth : ) Click here for the cocktail recipes pdf file.
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