# Punt e Mes

A dark Italian vermouth combining orange-led sweetness with assertive cinchona bitterness, herbs, and warm spice.

Parent category: [Sweet vermouth](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/sweet-vermouth.md)

Alcohol: 16% ABV

## Cocktails

- [Red Hook](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/red-hook.md): A dry, bittersweet Brooklyn variation blending rye with Punt e Mes and nutty maraschino.
- [Search for Delicious](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/search-for-delicious.md): Cynar and Punt e Mes turn silky and aromatic under tiny measures of lemon, orange bitters, and bitterness-taming salt.

## References

- Canonical page: https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/punt-e-mes
- Photograph: https://stirred.fyi/assets/ingredients/punt-e-mes-d88f7dbf.webp
- Source: https://www.brancadistillerie.info/en/punt-e-mes/