amaro nonino

[blind drunk]

Had some of this stuff when at my sisters house recently. Man was it good. I found this description online -

Quintessentia Amaro

Amaro Nonino is a digestif made by the Nonino company in Fruili, Italy.

It is a reddish-amber colour and has a herby fragrance, with a mildly bitter spicy taste, with a touch of liquorice and sweet, burnt orange. The taste lasts in the mouth.

It is a bit less syrupy than some other Italian bitters.

The base ingredient in Amaro Nonino is a grappa made by the same Nonino company from a blend of Ribolla, Traminer and Verduzzo grapes.

The grappa is mixed with some grain alcohol, and infused with ingredients such as herbs, caramelized sugar, cinchona (aka quinine), quassia wood, rhubarb, saffron, bitter orange, sweet orange, tamarind and roots such as galenga, gentian, and liquorice.

The roots and herbs used come from an area of the Fruili district called "Carnia", a semi-mountainous region on the Austrian border.

Amaro Nonino is aged in oak barrels for 5 years.

It really is delicious. Cheers, bd.

[LWTCS]

Sounds yummy. Do you recall the proof?

[blind drunk]

Hey LWTCS, it's 35 %. I'm definitely gonna buy me some. Where my sister lives, it's released once a year and people hoard it. She was given it as a gift from one such hoarder!! So it gets hard to find, at least in the stores. Cheers, bd.