Galliano L’Authentico

Arturo Vaccari captured the spirit of Italy with a perfectly balanced blend of Mediterranean and exotic botanicals, all sourced and blended in their natural form. These include juniper berries, caraway seed cloves, cardamon, sandalwood, star anise, cinnamon, sage, thyme, mint, lavender and Madagascar vanilla. Galliano Autentico is created by using multiple macerations and distillations. It’s blended from nine component parts, several being highly complex themselves. The intricacy of the final recipe of Galliano Authentico remains a guarded secret to this day. Clear straw yellow golden in colour. Anise and peppermint are most prominent on the palate when drinking Galliano L'Autentico. An explosion of fresh herbs, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg and citrus follows. A lingering taste of smooth vanilla, refreshing peppermint and spice remains on the finish.

To create Galliano, Arturo Vaccari turned to Fratelli Maraschi SPA, a company established in 1888 in Torino. This area of Italy is famous for its Prosecco, Vermouth and aromatic wines. Today, Fratelli Maraschi is known as Maraschi & Quirici, situated in Chieri, a small town high in the foothills of the Italian Alps, just outside Torino. The location of Maraschi & Quirici is important, not only due to it being where Vaccari first created his liqueur in 1896, but because this is where so many of the herbs and spices used in Galliano grow. Though now residing in a modern factory, the standards of Maraschi & Quirici founders prevail. The distillers are celebrated for the quality of their extracts. To this day, Maraschi & Quirici shapes the essence of the incomparable taste and aroma of Galliano. Galliano is distilled in two small (less than 100 liters) traditional copper pot stills, which Maraschi & Quirici reserve for the production of this Italian spirit.