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Select Aperitivo

Select is a bitter aperitif born in Venice in 1920, made with 30 botanicals including juniper berries and rhubarb root.

Botanicals
30
Named ingredients
Juniper berries and rhubarb root
Origin
Venice, 1920

A Venetian aperitivo since 1920

The Pilla brothers created Select in Venice in 1920.

The producer places Select within the city’s aperitivo tradition and presents it as a spritz ingredient. Its character comes from a blend of botanicals rather than a single citrus flavor: juniper and rhubarb are two ingredients the maker identifies.

Maceration, heat and juniper distillation

The producer describes thirty botanicals, including rhubarb root and juniper berries. Its process includes macerating ingredients, gently heating the infusion and distilling juniper in a copper pot still to contribute aromatic notes.

A Venetian beginning

Select’s producer history locates its creation in Venice in 1920, by the Pilla brothers.

Veneto

The producer’s green olive

Select proposes a Spritz with Prosecco, soda and a green olive. The garnish is part of this producer’s serving suggestion.

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Questions worth asking

Is Select only flavored with citrus?

No. The producer identifies a blend of thirty botanicals, including juniper berries and rhubarb root.

Who created Select?

The Pilla brothers in Venice in 1920, according to the producer’s history.

Are the juniper berries only soaked?

The producer describes both maceration and distillation of juniper, including use of a copper pot still.

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