Ór, Valentia Island Vermouth
Regular price €35.00Get a taste of the Wild Atlantic Way! Made on Valentia Island, this is Ireland's first native vermouth and contains twenty different botanicals, including many from the island itself. It's a richly aromatic and indulgent fortified wine—a triumph!
Its creators, Anna and Orla Snook O'Carroll, moved to Valentia Island in 2018 and took inspiration from local wild plants and flowers when it came to selecting the botanical essences used in their recipe.
Sweet and bitter plant extracts are blended with caramel and added to a base wine—a Rueda Verdejo—to give powerful and beguiling aromas suggestive of both the local flora and exotics such as oranges. This deep, evocative and various bouquet is matched on the palate by sumptuous smoothness and a perfect balance of bitter herbal notes and sweet, spicy exotic flavours in a vermouth that lends an Irish flavour to the long traditions of this versatile drink.
Enjoy Valentia Island Vermouth as an aperitif, perhaps over ice, or use it in any cocktail—perhaps a Negroni—calling for vermouth. Of course it's a natural partner for a good Irish gin, but your mixological imagination needn't stop there.
| Supplier's website | Valentia Island Vermouth |
|---|---|
| Wine colour | White wine |
| Country | Ireland |
| Appellation | Valentia Island |
| Vintage | NV |
| Grape variety | Verdejo, plus twenty aromatics |
| Alcohol | 19% |
| Bottle size | 70 cl |
Orders of €150+: free delivery nationwide
All other orders: €15 nationwide flat rate
Orders are usually dispatched in the first two working days after receipt.
We cannot guarantee delivery on a given day. If the delivery date is important, please let us know, and we'll put one of our 'Not to Be Opened Before' stickers on the box and aim for delivery a day or two early.
Your orders are delivered by courier to ensure fast and reliable delivery of each carefully packaged consignment. Because nobody likes breakages, we use very strong and secure packaging specially designed to protect wine bottles.
Personalised champagne orders are dispatched to anticipate your requested deadline (see above), or otherwise as soon as possible. Please allow at least one extra working day for these orders to be prepared.
Eircodes please
The ideal delivery address has someone available to sign for parcels during office hours, so a work address may be a better choice than a home address. An Eircode eliminates any doubt about the delivery location, and you can find or check Eircodes here.
Phone numbers please
Our couriers do their best to deliver and often have amazing local knowledge, but in the event of difficulties a reliable telephone number for the recipient makes all the difference and is a required piece of information. A mobile number is usually best.
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When we dispatch your order, we send on a tracking code so that you can follow your order in transit on the courier's website.
Delivery outside Ireland
If you need delivery to Northern Ireland, our €15 standard rate applies, with orders of €150 and more travelling free—for the time being.
We do not generally send wine overseas because of the complicated bureaucratic requirements and very high cost. If you would nonetheless like more information about deliveries outside the island of Ireland, please ask.
Returns
Faulty bottles
Wine is a natural product: its variety is what makes it so interesting!
Sometimes, though, a faulty bottle turns up. It's rare, but it does happen.
We want you to enjoy the wines you buy from us, and we'd like you to enjoy doing business with us too.
If you are unlucky enough to receive a bad bottle, please let us know immediately by calling the office on 021 431 6000 and we'll issue a credit in compensation.
Broken or Damaged Deliveries
Despite our best efforts to wrap and pack securely, damage in transit occurs from time to time.
If there's a breakage, our couriers will normally return the whole fragrant mess to us straight away.
If, however, the damage isn't apparent until you open the box, we'd still prefer to have the whole parcel collected. We'll send you a replacement as soon as possible.
