Cappelletti Vino Aperitivo

The wine-based aperitivo liqueur from the excellent Alpine producer

STATS

When: 1909

Where: Trento

Who: Cappelletti family

ABV: 17%

Color: bright red

Tasting notes: orange peel, medium bitterness

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HISTORY

Known to locals around Trento as “Il Specialino,” this aperitivo liqueur from the excellent alpine distillery is unusual in its category due to its wine base. It is made with Trebbiano, Pinot Bianco, and Garganega grapes. As with all of Cappelletti’s products, it is produced with mountain herbs from near to the distillery and is colored with cochineal, a natural red dye produced from a South American beetle (which, incidentally, was where most aperitivo bitters used to get their color).