Santa Maria al Monte Amaro Antica Specialità Ligure (70cl, 40%)

Santa Maria al Monte Amaro Antica Specialità Ligure is a historic Genoese amaro with roots in the 19th century. Its recipe was patented in 1892 and is now produced by Gruppo Caffo using the original recipe and methods. More than thirty botanicals, including gentian, bitter orange, aloe, saffron, cardamom, coriander, juniper and Alpine mountain germander, are cold-macerated in neutral grain spirit for two months, aged eight months in oak, sweetened with beet sugar and rested a further six months in oak. It is bottled at 40% ABV in a 700 ml bottle.