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Cynar

Cynar is a bittersweet liqueur at 16.5% vol., made with artichoke leaves as part of an infusion of 13 herbs and plants.

Alcohol
16.5% vol.
Botanicals
13 herbs and plants, including artichoke leaves

Cynar and Carosello

Television helped make Cynar familiar in Italy.

Campari Group dates Cynar’s Italian launch to 1952 and credits the Venetian entrepreneur Angelo Dalle Molle.

Its account links the brand’s popularity to Carosello advertisements featuring Ernesto Calindri, placing the liqueur within a remembered chapter of Italian television.

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