Nonino Amaro Quintessentia (75cl, 35%)

Nonino Amaro Quintessentia is an Italian amaro from Percoto in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, built on a grape distillate base and infused with herbs, roots and citrus. It is made by Nonino Distillatori using ÙE, their proprietary grape distillate aged in small barriques of Nevers and Limousin oak as well as ex-sherry casks, then infused with botanicals including gentian, saffron, licorice, rhubarb, sweet and bitter orange, tamarind, quassia bark, chinchona bark and galenga. The result is an amaro with unusual depth and a pronounced fruity character. Aroma: orange zest and bitter orange marmalade, dried herbs, thyme, gentle menthol, subtle red berry and chamomile. Taste: gently sweet with caramel and vanilla, broadening into blood orange, apricot and borage flower, with pepper, licorice and layered botanical complexity. Finish: medium-long with cocoa and allspice, drying into botanical bitterness with bitter orange at the end.