Vermouth is just an underrated option overall as a stand-alone drink.
I like to first sip a new bottle with an ice cube to understand its flavor notes. But I think my favorite way to drink it is with club soda (Canada Dry is pretty much the best club soda with no added minerals — Topo Chico is good if you’re looking for mineralized soda water). So I add about three quarters of a standard rocks glass with club soda over a large whiskey rock style of ice and then pour vermouth directly over, watching it diffuse with the soda to etch out a light cola, dark amber, color.
This ones got notes of mocha, cinnamon, citrus, cocoa, cola, orange peel, and even some spruce.
Really just all around wonderful coffee cola sweet and savory flavors. I prefer a slightly lighter Spanish style sweet vermouth, but this is a good change up. — 6 years ago

Earthy tones made this interesting. Well balanced. Good acidity but tannins under control. — 7 years ago
Pleasantly dry. Bubbly like topo chico. 10/10 for the price. — 9 years ago
Febrero 21, 2017 La Guarida, SLP: Juan Carlos Barron, Gerardo chico y NOS — 9 years ago
Medium bodied, dry and savory — 3 years ago
Hazy light orange, tiny bubbles, light head on pour. Typical hop-forward nose, in mouth dank hoppy flavors with slight tart nectarine pulp and nectarine stone finish. Not at all sweet so a serious take on fruit ales by the original hops-happy craft brewery out of Chico CA. It will grow on you — 5 years ago
Birthday 2020 wine. A richly complex layered wine. Nose: chalk, schists flint, vanilla yoplait, candied lemons. Palette: truly a wild journey but grounded in this like best cream soda of your life vibe. Candied citrus, salinity, sweet morning bun. A hint of musty cellar but just the right amount not off putting. Texture is like a melllow marshmallow topo Chico. Pleasantly long finish. Great acidity and bubbles all around. Fantastic stuff, will acquire another bottle to drink maybe birthday 2030. Hope there are sufficient antibody tests and be able to leave the apartment by then. — 6 years ago
Super fine effervescence, funk on the nose and a topo Chico spiciness. Lovely — 8 years ago
Impressive cider, Newtown Pippin apples from the Sierra Foothills, made in Chico, lively, good balance of acid:tannin — 9 years ago
Febrero 21, 2017 La Guarida, SLP: Juan Carlos Barron, Gerardo chico y NOS — 9 years ago
Excelent, exquisit!!! Mouthful and tasteful. Plenty of fruit!! Great aroma — 3 years ago
Wow, worthy of any comparison to Champagne!! Yeasty, deep, subtle bubbles, slightly saline. Served some to the fam with Aperol and (lime twist) topo chico. Excellent. Chef’s kiss. — 4 years ago
Even without the celeb endorsement La Sorga’s “Chuck” is the best red pet nat ever. Extremely alive, it’s 100% Gamay, carbonated like a Topo Chico. Tiny bubbles and lots and lots of them.
Bone dry, it looks like berries then roundhouse kicks to minty moss and forest growth. — 6 years ago
I could chug this like a MGD 40oz.
+ Topo Chico and ice. Great combo. — 6 years ago
BLS. Very good. Would buy again. ~17 berries, Chico, pepper, plum — 7 years ago
Perro Chico a Spanish Garnacha , Tempranillo Syrah. Intense red ruby colour with tastes of black fruit and spicy balsamic something and meaty ripe sweet tannins. 13.5 % alc/vol. if you see it try it. $19.00 CAD Canmore Alberta. Life is good Cheers 🍷 — 8 years ago
Great wine! First timer but think it has some legs for the long run. Great experience! Thank you Chico Hot Springs and thank you Kelby for the great experience! — 9 years ago
Brad Jensen
This is a big one, bold, juicy, with real presence of the 16% alcohol despite the age. Nose of blackberry, pine wood, vanilla, band-aid, somewhat musty clothes, and cacao. The age is definitely there in the musk and dustiness, but it’s unclear what to expect with a beast like this. Full bodied, dark purple/red and deep color, but no sense of the age in the color. Palate shows more of the age, deep chocolate notes, overripe plum, driftwood, slate and some malo-like milky elements. The alcohol is definitely there, with a finish like menthol, softened but present, well integrated tannins, with those Chico-raspberry like hints lingering for a long time into a finish that’s round and somewhat meaty. Weirdly, VERY strangely, tastes a little bit like skin. — 6 months ago