Ingredients
A lighter, aperitivo-side companion to Quintessentia, built on the same Nonino grape distillate base and infused with alpine and Mediterranean botanicals, with gentian and citrus doing the bittering.
- ✦Gentian root
- ✦Bitter orange peel
- ✦Rhubarb root
- ✦Alpine herbs
- ✦Liquorice
- ✦Mediterranean citrus
History of the Brand
The Nonino family has distilled in Percoto since 1897 and changed grappa's reputation in 1973 by distilling single grape varieties.
Quintessentia Amaro followed, using the family's ÙE grape distillate as a base instead of neutral spirit — the detail that made it a bartender staple.
BotanicalDrink extends that thinking downward in proof and bitterness, aimed at the spritz hour rather than the end of dinner.
It is one of the few aperitivi whose base spirit carries real barrique character.
Tasting Characteristics
Orange peel, white grape, faint vanilla oak.
Gentle gentian bitterness over citrus and a grape-distillate roundness.
Short, clean, softly bitter.
Flavor meter
How to serve it
- 01Spritzed with prosecco and soda over ice.
- 02Long with tonic and an orange slice.
- 03In a lighter Americano in place of Campari.
- 04Neat and chilled before dinner.
Where to Get It
Distributed alongside Quintessentia, though less widely stocked.
Specialist bottle shops
Look where Nonino grappa and Quintessentia are sold.
Online retailers
Available in Europe more readily than the US.
In Friuli
Sold at the Percoto distillery.
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Nonino BotanicalDrink FAQ
How is it different from Nonino Quintessentia?
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Lower proof, less bitter and citrus-forward — it is an aperitivo for spritzes, where Quintessentia is a digestivo.
What is the base spirit?
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Nonino's ÙE grape distillate, aged in barrique, rather than neutral alcohol.