Spirit Type: Amaro

Producer: Cappelletti

Taste: The high proportion of rhubarb lends a smoky note. Grapefruit peel and eucalyptus add lift with a nice bitter finish. Mix with tonic, grapefruit soda, or whiskey.

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The term Sfumato derives from the Italian word for smoke - ‘fumo’. It is traditionally associated with a style of Renaissance painting characterized by subtle transitions between areas of dark and light. This speaks speaks directly to this amaro’s profile, which marries a dark smokeyness with bitter woodsiness from alpine herbs and notes of sweet alpine berries. It’s main ingredient is a special rabarbaro (rhubarb) variety that for generations has grown in Trentino Alto Adige and Veneto. The production of a Rabarbaro liqueur by the amari and aperitivi producer Cappelletti dates back almost a century. Enjoy with tonic, grapefruit soda, or whiskey.

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The producer, which goes by the full name Antica Erboristeria Cappelletti, was first established in 1906. Cappelletti had no children, and so he passed the business to his brother's son Ferrante. Ferrante's son Gianpaolo later took over, and died in 2001. All production is done in house by the fourth generation of the family, Luigi and Maddalena Cappelletti.