Aggazzotti Nocino Riserva Notte di San Giovanni (75cl, 40%)

A walnut liqueur from the Aggazzotti family, made from estate-grown walnuts. On the feast day of San Giovanni, the soft green walnuts are picked, split and macerated with a neutral spirit in glass demijohns for a year in sunlight. After maceration, the spirit is transferred to stainless tanks, blended with spices and aged for a further four years before bottling, giving a total of five years. The spices are a family secret preserved since the 1800s. The liqueur shows spiked walnut with a savory molten core of raisin and burnt sugar. It can be enjoyed neat or stirred with a brown spirit in place of vermouth.