Alpe Genepy (750ml)

Fulvio Calvetti is the third generation distiller for Alpe, a distillery started by his grandfather in 1948. Located in the Valle d'Aosta, a mountainous area in the northwest corner of Italy near France and Switzerland, Alpe produces a range of products showcasing the area's fresh alpine herbs. Many of them grow wild at high elevation in the nearby Gran Paradiso National Park, where the most prized of the area is the Genepy flower (aka Artemisia/wormwood), which is used in their Genepy. In addition to Genepy flowers/wormwood, Alpe also infuses oregano, mint, and cinnamon, among other ingredients, into the grain-based spirit. The result is something in between Chartreuse and an amaro; a Calvetti family tradition for fifty years at this point!