Bitter, Contratto

• Bitter aperitif produced by Contratto in Canelli, Italy
• Extracts of 24 different herbs, spices, roots, and seeds featuring aloe, bitter orange, sweet orange, wormwood, cloves, cardamom, gentian, hibiscus, elecampane (herbaceous plant from the sunflower family), juniper, mint, rhubarb, sage, and nettle
• Organic base distillate produced in Cuneo, Italy, from Italian wheat
• Botanicals are finely crushed through a hammer mill and cold macerated with hydroalcoholic solution for over 35 days
• The infusion is combined with the base distillate and sweetened with beet sugar
• The final blend is refrigerated, slowly filtered to remove all solids, and rested in a stainless steel tank for approximately 40 days
• Naturally colored with carrot and beetroot
• 200 grams of sugar per liter
• 22% ABV

For a bold Spritz or a fruit-forward Negroni, look no further. Contratto Bitter is an intuitive replacement for Campari, supplying novel depth without any severeness or artificiality on the finish.