CINU Amaro (700ml)

CINU takes its name from the Modican dialect word for full or abundant, an apt introduction to this Sicilian amaro built around sixteen botanicals from the island’s east. The recipe connects the citrus groves of Mount Etna with the wild herbs and bitter roots of the Hyblaean plateaus, bringing two distinctive Sicilian landscapes into the same bottle. Carob, bitter orange and grapefruit peel join wild fennel, rosemary, chamomile and nepitella, the aromatic herb also known as lesser calamint, while gentian root and cinchona bark provide the bitter foundation. A slow cold maceration extracts the botanicals, with no added flavorings. Produced and bottled in Sicily at a substantial 30% ABV, CINU offers plenty for lovers of traditional Italian bitters to investigate, particularly the combination of carob, local herbs and citrus. It’s an amaro with a strong regional identity and a straightforward purpose: an excellent excuse to linger at the table after dinner. Serve it neat at room temperature or chilled, or put its botanical complexity to work in a cocktail.