Dimmi - Italian romance in a bottle

There certainly seems to be some overheated rhetoric around Dimmi. Reading the reviews feels at times like you're reading a trashy novel. Lots of comments like "lightweight, velvety textured body" or "soft gentle entry" or "speaks softly in liquid Italian, with the fashionable elegance of a Milanese and the country charm of a Piemontese." Phew. Dimmi must be a real bodice ripper of a drink.

I'll take a more of a "just the facts" approach made famous by Jack Webb in Dragnet. Dimmi is an Italian (Milan) spirit that was developed in 2005 and is based on an old vermouth recipe that includes ingredients such as bitter orange, ginseng, rhubarb and a bit of grappa. It's also infused with apricot and peach blossoms. Taste-wise, it starts off with flavors of vanilla, watermelon and some spiciness and finishes on a lingering floral and apricot note. It's quite nice, not too sweet or too dry, and can make a nice sipping liqueur.

One cocktail recipe I find intriguing is the Culture Club (adapted from Post Prohibition)

2 oz Dimmi,
1 oz Pisco
1/2 oz Lillet
Couple dashes orange bitters
Shake (or stir) with ice and serve

An odd note about Dimmi is that its website seems to have gone dark. I hope this isn't an indication of its future. In any case, there are still a number of places to get it around Seattle.

Incidentally, the bottle isn't empty - the liqueur is just clear.