Created by Louis Noilly and virtually unchanged since 1813, this vermouth starts out as a sun-exposed cask of dry white wine. After oxidizing for a year, the wine is then infused with herbs and spices, macerating for weeks before fortification, filtering and bottling. Created by Louis Noilly and virtually unchanged since 1813, this vermouth starts out as a sun-exposed cask of dry white wine. After oxidizing for a year, the wine is then infused with herbs and spices, macerating for weeks before fortification, filtering and bottling.