Mancino Kopi Vermouth

Mancino Kopi Vermouth is a coffee-infused Italian fortified wine from Giancarlo Mancino — the same craft approach that produced his celebrated Sakura vermouth applied to roasted coffee, producing a vermouth that layers deep espresso, dark chocolate, and roasted bitterness over the classic Italian vermouth botanical framework, designed for coffee-forward cocktails that need genuine aromatic complexity rather than sweetness.

Kopi means coffee in Malay and Indonesian — a reference to Giancarlo Mancino’s global culinary curiosity and his practice of sourcing unexpected botanical inspiration from Asian food culture. The key distinction from coffee liqueur: Kopi is a fortified wine (vermouth), not a sweetened spirit-based liqueur. This means more nuanced, aromatic, and complex coffee character with herbal depth and a slightly bitter edge — closer to an Italian aperitivo with coffee complexity than a dessert-style sweet coffee liqueur. The fortified wine format also means it should be refrigerated after opening. Best used in an Espresso Martini (replacing or splitting with coffee liqueur for a more botanical, less candy-sweet profile), a Coffee Negroni, or served neat as an after-dinner pour.

Tasting Notes

• Nose: Roasted coffee, dark chocolate, warm vermouth botanicals, and subtle sweetness
• Palate: Espresso, dark chocolate, bitter herbs, and layered vermouth botanical depth
• Finish: Long, slightly bitter, and warming — coffee, chocolate, and herbal complexity sustained

Specs

• Producer: Mancino Vermouth, Italy (Giancarlo Mancino)
• Style: Coffee-Infused Italian Vermouth — Fortified Wine
• Key botanical: Roasted coffee over classic Italian vermouth botanicals
• Storage: Refrigerate after opening

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