# Quintessenza (Punset)

> Fortified, Vino aromatizzato by [Punset](https://ilvinobello.com/wineries/punset.md), Barbaresco, Piemonte, Italy. From Il Vino Bello (https://ilvinobello.com/wines/punset-quintessenza).

- **Producer:** Punset
- **Style:** Fortified
- **Denomination:** Vino aromatizzato
- **Vinification:** An aged wine is infused with a mix of sugar, aromatic herbs and spices according to an old recipe, among them calisaya cinchona bark, orange peel, chamomile, gentian and liquorice roots and cardamom seeds.
- **Last updated:** 2026-10-04



## Summary

Aromatized wine infused with calisaya cinchona and other herbs and spices, in the Piedmontese tradition.

## Tasting notes

Garnet red, slightly orange at the rim, brilliant and clear. Warm, velvety, enveloping and pleasantly complex; slightly sweet at first, leaving a pleasant dry, clean feel.

## Food pairings

Chocolate