Has anyone tried the "new" Noilly Prat dry vermouth with the new bottle and original 1813 recipe? I am about out of vermouth and will get some on my
next purchasing trip, but thought that I would ask around. This link connects to the Noilly Prat website's discussion of the return to the original recipe
(I hope that it works): http://www.noillyprat.com/default.aspx#navigationPath=Enjoy.ReturnOfTheClassicBlend&commandIndex=0
Noilly Prat vermouth - 1813 recipe
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Noilly Prat vermouth - 1813 recipe |
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Posts: 66 (03/06/09 08:29:09) |
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Arthur |
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Posts: 346 (03/10/09 09:34:59) |
I bought a bottle two weeks ago just thinking that Noilly changed the shape of the bottle. I've got another two weeks before I kill the remainder of the
existing bottle.
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Posts: 67 (03/11/09 12:43:55) |
Arthur: You have much more resolve than I. I would have swilling on that new bottle the minute it hit the bar at home. Let us know what you think about the new/old concoction. Summerduck |
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Posts: 68 (04/16/09 11:33:29) |
Finally got a chance to purchase and sample the new/old formulation. It seemed, to my tase, to be more herbal and more flavorful than the former version, but
I can not divorce the effects of "anticipated taste". And I had not saved a sample of the prior version (mixed and drank it without thinking that I
might get the new stuff). Any-hooo, it makes a fine martini.
Any other opinions? Summerduck (Who seems to be alone in the pond.) |
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Arthur |
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Posts: 347 (04/17/09 08:54:05) |
I opened my bottle 2 weeks ago. I thought that it had more of a sherry taste, like fino.
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Posts: 110 (06/14/09 10:35:49) |
Never seen this new (old) Noily Prat but I will give it a try. Thanks!
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summerduck |
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Posts: 69 (06/22/09 10:24:36) |
In addition to the flavors that Arthur and I noted, it seems to be of a slighty darker color. I do like the martini that it makes, but I can't put my
finger on the specific difference from the "former" vermouth (a sample of which I can't find for comparison).
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PaulO |
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Posts: 207 (06/24/09 07:01:50) |
I have been searching for several months. The places that sell Noily around here still don't have the new package I have seen on the net. That
doesn't surprize me too much. Most of the time new products start on the coasts then gradually spread to the middle of the country if at all.
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summerduck |
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Posts: 70 (06/24/09 08:08:21) |
PaulO: Please try to hold onto a sample of the "old" version so that you can do a side-by-side comparison with the "new/old" recipe.
I'm still looking for a bottle of the "old" to do so, and will report back if I get to to compare properly. Now that warm weather is upon us, I
find a martini or vodka/tonic in my hand more often than the cooler weather's Manhattan, Rob Roy, or Old-fashioned.
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Posts: 208 (06/26/09 08:24:50) |
I had to get a 375ml of Martini & Rossi the other day. I picked that up when I got some Seagrams Distillers Reserve Gin. If I want Noilly I have to plan
ahead or else make at least an hour round trip. I made a martini with the gin and vermouth I had and it was good. I found some pimento stuffed olives from
Greece. They are packed in sea salt brine without anything else. I would get these olives again. They look just like the standard Spanish olives, but have a
very mild taste.
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PaulO |
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Posts: 209 (06/26/09 08:28:19) |
Hey Summerduck, How do you make your old fashioned; what brands of whiskey, bitters, type of garnish?
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summerduck |
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Posts: 71 (06/29/09 12:17:38) |
Dang it on having that kind of logistical problem with getting vermouth variety, but I can understand it (coming from eastern North Carolina in my earlier
years), Do, please, try to do a comparision and report back.
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PaulO |
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Posts: 210 (06/29/09 14:39:26) |
I am sure that I will get both types of Noilly, and do a comparison eventually. The Wild Turkey 101 Rye is very nice, so is Rittenhouse bottled in bond.
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summerduck |
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Posts: 72 (06/30/09 08:57:18) |
I agree on the Wild Turkey rye - it makes a fine Manhattan, too. Corrections: Seagram's Distiller Reserve Gin is 102 proof (not 94, as I stated) and
it's George Dickel (not Dickle, like pickle).
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Arthur |
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Posts: 348 (07/05/09 15:19:12) |
I discovered an unopened, old bottle of NP in the garage. I do a side-by-side and report back.
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Posts: 74 (08/26/09 13:30:30) |
Arthur: Did you get to do the comparison? I have been using the "new/old" NP for so long that I've completely lost any taste memory of the
former version. I do still recognize that this new (original recipe) version has a more golden hue than the former and, as mentioned earlier, has a pronounced
herbal flavor. I like it, but a little bit goes a longer way than the former. I may have to do a comparison with Martini Rossi to get even a close comparison
with the former NP (and I realize that is a wild shot).
Let us know what you think about the two. |
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