Amaro
Italian amari offer distinct botanical recipes, from Lucano’s blend of more than 30 herbs to Braulio’s barrel-aged style.
- Example
- Lucano: more than 30 herbs
- Another style
- Braulio: barrel aged
Botanicals, infusion and the barrel
An amaro’s character begins with its own botanical recipe. Braulio offers one example: its herbs, plants, roots and berries are cleaned, dried and ground before they are combined in a mixture of alcohol and water. Infusion draws their aromas into the liquid, which is then filtered and diluted.
For Braulio, that liquid also spends time in Slavonian oak barrels in cellars beneath the historic center of Bormio. The wood interacts with the blend and changes its aroma. For Braulio, botanical infusion and time in wood are distinct stages of the same process.
