Traditional to Northern Italy, walnuts for this wonderful liqueur are customarily harvested on San Giovanni Day (June 24th) and the aged liqueur is first enjoyed during the initial rains of fall or on All Saints Day (November 1st). Also seen commonly in Eastern Europe and around the Mediterranean, this sweet and perfumy liqueur boasts rich notes of forest, maple, spice, nut, and tobacco. You need a high-proof spirit to extract the maximum flavor, but this can be made with either rum or a vodka (neutral grain spirit). We make and enjoy them both ways, and find that we favor the rum-based Nocino for sipping or mixing into tiki drinks or other rum cocktails, while the vodka is more versatile in cocktails featuring other base spirits. As with most home-made liqueurs, this will deepen and richen in flavor as it sits in the bottle - coming into its own at 6-months and beyond. Enjoy!
21 янв 2017
