Tempus Fugit Spirits Gran Classico Bitter

The natural golden-amber color of this liqueur is joined by multi-faceted aromas of orange peel, gentian root and wormwood mingled with rhubarb and vanilla. The viscosity immediately highlights the sweet rhubarb, then the bitter gentian root and orange peel blend with wormwood, vanilla and resin notes. It has a deep, layered and lingering finish that balances and alternates between the sweet and bitter. For it, the producer uses the Italian Bitter of Turin recipe dating from the 1860s, which has a maceration of twenty-five herbs and roots including wormwood, gentian, bitter orange peel, rhubarb and hyssop. Sip it over ice or with seltzer water, or use it as an attraction bitter component in cocktails, including a Negroni variation where it stands in for Campari.