Faccia Brutto, Alpino Amaro, New York, 750mL Malbec Grape: Aglianico

Grape: Aglianico

Silvia and Giovanni Scagliola represent the fourth generation of the Scagliola family to make wine in Asti

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gained from the whisky being matured in Bordeaux wine casks and Sherry casks

Carefully harvested from the stunning sustainably farmed vineyards at Hunter’s in Marlborough

Faccia Brutto, Alpino Amaro, New York, 750mL Malbec Grape: AglianicoThis amaro is a bittersweet distillation of 14 alpine botanicals, including cinchona, rhubarb root, spruce buds, elecampane root, and eucalyptus. They rest in non GMO neutral grain spirit for two and a half weeks, are strained, and proofed down to 40% abv. Theyre aged in used whiskey barrels for a minimum of 3 months. When its time, we strain out of the barrel and filter. Its then sweetened with a blend of organic dark clover honey and organic cane