90-95 Wine Enthusiast

Pretty mahogany color. First nosings pick up exotic herbal aromas that are delicately sweet and botanical; later passes reveal deeper, more complex scents of autumn woods, mulled wine and holiday spices. In the mouth, it’s sweet, sour and spicy at entry; by midpalate the range of flavors runs from nutmeg to quinine to muscat grapes to orange rind.

94 Tastings.com (Beverage Testing Institute)

Dark mahogany brown color. Aromas of herbal roots and barks, cinnamon zucchini toast, and spicy cherry chutney with a supple, fruity sweet medium-full body and a long tannic sarsaparilla, cinchona, cedar, menthol, and pepper dust finish. A great vermouth. (tasted on Sep-08-2012)