Silvio Meletti - 'Meletti' Amaro Liqueur (750ML)

The Meletti Family has been producing extraordinary hand crafted cordials for generations. Silvio Meletti started the company in 1870 when he endeavored to produce an anise-flavored liqueur that would rival or surpass the best products of Italy and France. In truth, this pursuit goes back even further as Silvio quit school to help his mother in the production of her homemade anise liqueur (a best seller in her small shop) in order to provide for his struggling family.

Silvio pored over Italian and French essays to develop the optimal methods of harvesting and extracting the flavours from various regional herbs, fruits, and flowers and these approaches are still used today by the Meletti family. Silvio’s extremely thorough dedication to his craft lives on in his notebooks as well as the many products still produced five generations later by the Meletti family according to his exacting standards and innovative methods.

Meletti Amaro is made from a unique, proprietary blend of herbs and botanicals. Amaro is traditionally enjoyed on its own at the end of a meal, but the intoxicating aromas and flavors of sweet orange peel and gentian root, a local plant, along with notes of cloves, add a unique component to cocktails.