Brucato Chaparral Amaro (75cl, 46%)

An amaro from California, built from 20 native and classic botanicals including yerba santa, California bay leaf, anise, mint, cardamom, tarragon and clove. The botanicals are macerated in stepped stages on a California grape distillate, then rested for more than two months in stainless steel. It is bottled at 46% ABV in a 750 ml bottle, with no added colour and no chill filtration. The profile is intended to stand in for Chartreuse, Becherovka or Strega. The nose is intensely herbal, with mint, anise, eucalyptus-adjacent scrub, bay leaf, cardamom and clove. The palate is bold and warming, with bitter roots, anise and tarragon, and a long, dry, camphor-tinged finish.