Lazzaroni Amaro (75cl, 25%)

A traditional Italian herbal bitter liqueur from Lombardy, made from a recipe featuring over 60 botanicals. The formula calls for over 60 herbs, roots and berries, each processed individually before blending with water and sugar. The finished amaro rests for 48 hours prior to bottling. It has a higher ABV and comparatively lower sugar content than many peers, giving a drier, more assertive profile. The aroma brings peppermint oil and cola, followed by baking spices and dark chocolate. The palate has dark chocolate and gentian bitterness, stewed fruit, bittersweet orange, clove, cinnamon, licorice, balsamic pine and cola. The finish is warming and long with bitter roots, pine, pepper, honeyed grapefruit and peppermint.