Distilleria Alpe, Amer du Val d'Aoste 700ml

Amaro, 38% ABV

Aosta Valley, Italy

A total of approximately 20 botanicals featuring gentian root, rhubarb root, cardamom, wormwood, mint, and star anise. Base of neutral grain. distillate distilled from wheat. Sweetened using sugar beet sugar.

Fulvio & Giulia Calvetti of Distilleria Alpe, use a wide array of local herbs, roots and spices to create their terroir-driven, alpine inspired infusions. Some ingredients macerated to create Alpes “Amer Du Val D’Aoste” include mint, wormwood, cinchona bark, gentian, baking spices, rhubarb root, licorice and orange peel, among others. The Amer gets its deep amber and mahogany hue from the addition of hibiscus and the natural oxidation of spirit and sugar.

The Aosta Valley, known as the Val d'Aosta or Val d'Aoste in Italian and French respectively, is an Alpine valley that boasts the best of each country’s herbal traditions. Simultaneously bitter, sweet, warm, and cooling, one sip of this evocative amaro will transport you directly to the slopes, serving as the perfect digestivo for the region’s simple but robust fare (including Fontina cheese, polenta, and grain-rich bread) or lending intuitive complexity to cocktails, such as Rye Old Fashioneds or Aquavit Manhattans.

Since 1948, the Alpe Distillery has been managed with passion and expertise by the Calvetti Family. Specializing in historic liqueurs and grappas of the Aosta Valley, Alpe is marked by constant research into their ingredients and production techniques, while adhering to the storied traditions of the Valle d’Aosta’s ancient distillers. The liqueurs produced by brewing and distilling rare alpine herbs and roots illuminates and preserve all the aromas, flavors and invigorating aspects of the Italian Alps.