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RECORD amaro-nonino · EVIDENCE GRADE A · UNCLAIMED · LAST VERIFIED 2026-07-04

Nonino Distillatori

Percoto · Italy · 46.036, 13.202

REGION: italyTRADITION: Amaro italianoEST. 1897WEBSITE ↗

ZONE 01 — VERIFIED FACTS

Founded
1897, by Orazio Nonino in Ronchi di Percoto, Pavia di Udine, Friuli, ItalyC·3
Ownership
Independent and family-owned (Nonino family); sole-shareholder company (unico socio) with share capital of €2,500,000A·1
Production site
Percoto, Pavia di Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia — five artisanal distilleries using discontinuous steam stillsA·1
Amaro Nonino Quintessentia created
1992, by sisters Cristina, Antonella and Elisabetta Nonino, building on Antonio Nonino's 1933 Amaro Carnia recipe and a later revision by Silvia NoninoA·2
Base spirit
ÙE® Nonino Grape Distillate (a whole-grape distillate first developed in 1984), aged a minimum of 12 months in barriques of Nevers oak, Limousin oak, and ex-Sherry casksA·2
ABV
35% (70 proof)C·4
Other notable innovation
Pioneered Grappa Monovitigno® (single-grape-variety grappa) on 1 December 1973, an industry firstA·1

ZONE 02 — AI-COLLATED SUMMARY

AI-ASSISTED · FROM GRADED PUBLIC SOURCES

Nonino Distillatori, founded in 1897 by Orazio Nonino in Ronchi di Percoto (Pavia di Udine, Friuli), remains an independent, family-owned distiller operating five artisanal distilleries with discontinuous steam stills. Amaro Nonino Quintessentia was created in 1992 by Cristina, Antonella and Elisabetta Nonino, evolving Antonio Nonino's 1933 Amaro Carnia recipe. Its base is ÙE® Nonino Grape Distillate, aged a minimum of 12 months in barriques of Nevers, Limousin and ex-Sherry casks, bottled at 35% ABV. The full botanical bill is not published; Difford's Guide reports thyme, quinine bark, gentian root and wormwood.

AI-collated from the graded sources below; adversarially verified against live sources 2026-07-04; operator review pending.

ZONE 03 — PRODUCER-SUBMITTED NOTES

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PRODUCTS ON RECORD

Amaro Nonino Quintessentia

35% ABV

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SUBCATEGORY classicoRING coreTRADITION Amaro italianoSELF-IDENTIFIED “Elegant, with an extraordinary scent of herbs, ennobled by ÙE® Nonino Grape Distillate aged in barriques”

Created in 1992 by sisters Cristina, Antonella and Elisabetta Nonino, evolving a family amaro recipe traced back to Antonio Nonino's 1933 Amaro Carnia and a later revision by Silvia Nonino. The base is ÙE® Nonino Grape Distillate, a whole-grape distillate aged a minimum of 12 months in barriques (Nevers oak, Limousin oak, and ex-Sherry casks).

BOTANICAL MATRIX — 4 GRADED EDGES

  • Thyme · aromaticC·4
  • Quinine bark (Cinchona succirubra) · bitteringC·4
  • Gentian root (Gentiana lutea) · bitteringC·4
  • Wormwood (Artemisia absinthium) · bitteringC·4

DESCRIPTORS

No tasting notes on record yet.

Amaro Nonino Quintessentia Riserva

35% ABV · 700ML

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SUBCATEGORY classicoRING coreTRADITION Amaro italianoSELF-IDENTIFIED “Riserva amaro aged over 24 months in oak barriques and small casks”

A barrel-aged expression of the Nonino family's original Amaro Carnia recipe: herbs, spices, fruit, berries and roots infused on a base of the family's own UE grape brandy, then rested over 24 months in Limousin and Nevers oak barriques and small ex-Sherry casks. The producer's own tasting notes describe softened citrus giving way to autumnal undergrowth and raisin/passito character, balanced by bitter rhubarb, flambeed orange and caramelised vanilla.

BOTANICAL MATRIX — 8 GRADED EDGES

  • Rhubarb · bitteringA·5
  • Herbs (unspecified mountain herbs, per Amaro Carnia base recipe) · aromatic baseA·5
  • Spices · aromaticA·5
  • Fruit · flavouringA·5
  • Berries · flavouringA·5
  • Roots · aromatic baseA·5
  • Orange · flavouring (flambeed orange note)A·5
  • Vanilla · flavouring (from barrel ageing)A·5

DESCRIPTORS

  • rhubarb-bitter ▮▮▮▮▮A·5
  • candied orange ▮▮▮▮▮A·5
  • caramelised vanilla ▮▮▮▮▮A·5
  • autumnal undergrowth / moss ▮▮▮▮▮A·5

L'Aperitivo Nonino BotanicalDrink

21% ABV · 700ML

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SUBCATEGORY — (family ring)RING adjacentTRADITION Amaro italianoSELF-IDENTIFIED “100% natural botanical aperitivo infusion, vegan friendly, self-described by the producer as lightly bittering”

A cold-dried infusion of botanicals, flowers, fruit, berries and roots enriched with UE Fragolino monovarietal grape brandy, produced by the Nonino family since 1940 (as Aperitivo Bianco Nonino, reworked in 2018). The producer's own tasting note describes it as fresh and fruity with citrus and forest-berry notes and only lightly bittering, and it won Meininger's International Spirits Award for Best Aperitivo of the Year three years running (2021 to 2023).

BOTANICAL MATRIX — 5 GRADED EDGES

  • Botanicals (unspecified mix) · aromatic baseA·6
  • Flowers · aromaticA·6
  • Fruit · flavouringA·6
  • Berries · flavouringA·6
  • Roots · aromatic baseA·6

DESCRIPTORS

  • fresh citrus ▮▮▮▮▮A·6
  • floral ▮▮▮▮▮A·6
  • forest berry ▮▮▮▮▮A·6
  • lightly bittering ▮▮▮▮▮A·6

SERVES

On the rocks with orange slice

producer
  • · Amaro Nonino Quintessentia over ice, garnished with an orange slice

Build over ice, garnishA·2

Paper Plane

canonical
  • · Equal parts Amaro Nonino Quintessentia, bourbon, Aperol, and fresh lemon juice

Shake with ice, fine strain into a chilled coupeA·2

ZONE 04 — COMMUNITY TASTING NOTES

RESERVED — community notes open in V2 with moderation and bias handling. The contributions ledger is already recording.

COMMON QUESTIONS

Where is Nonino Distillatori made?
Nonino Distillatori is made in Percoto, Italy, and was founded in 1897.
What style of amaro is Nonino Distillatori?
On The Amaro Atlas, Amaro Nonino Quintessentia is recorded in the core ring, classico subcategory, within the Amaro italiano tradition. The producer describes it as "Elegant, with an extraordinary scent of herbs, ennobled by ÙE® Nonino Grape Distillate aged in barriques".

SOURCES — A–D GRADED (6)

  1. [1]AGrappa Nonino — official homepage · Nonino Distillatori · producer-official · accessed 2026-07-04
  2. [2]AAmaro Nonino Quintessentia® product page · Nonino Distillatori (Grappa Nonino) · producer-official · accessed 2026-07-04
  3. [3]CNonino · Wikipedia · database · accessed 2026-07-04
  4. [4]CAmaro Nonino Quintessentia · Difford's Guide · database · accessed 2026-07-04Enthusiast/database source; lists the four reported botanicals — the producer does not publish an ingredient list.
  5. [5]AAmaro Nonino Quintessentia Riserva — product page · Nonino Distillatori · producer-official · accessed 2026-07-05
  6. [6]AL'Aperitivo Nonino BotanicalDrink — product page · Nonino Distillatori · producer-official · accessed 2026-07-05

A producer-official / regulatory · B reputable published · C secondary · D community/unverified