Amaro San Simone

ZONE 01 — VERIFIED FACTS

Legal entity

Amaro San Simone S.r.l.A·1

Registered address / production facility

Via Caltanissetta, 10/A, 10148 Torino (TO), ItalyA·1

VAT / Codice Fiscale

IT02580780019A·1

Share capital

€104,000 (i.v.)A·1

ATECO business code

1101 — distillazione, rettifica e miscelatura degli alcolici (distillation, rectification and blending of alcoholic beverages)B·15

Current formula origin

The current recipe was developed by pharmacist Dr Aldo Fechino, who took over the Antica Officina Farmaceutica San Simone in 1953 and released the reformulated amaro in 1960; the producer's own history page corroborates the circa-1960 reformulation and the pharmacist founder without naming himB·9

Historical origin

The underlying recipe traces to a 1583 monastic 'Depurativo San Simone' formula dispensed through Turin and Piedmont pharmacies as a remedy until the 1940sA·2

Current ownership

Independently family-owned; operated by Federico Fulcheri (Aldo Fechino's grandson) and his father Ruggero Fulcheri. No larger corporate group ownership was identified in this research pass.B·9

Production scale

Approximately 400,000 bottles per year, produced continuously at the same Turin facility since the early 1960sB·9

ABV

26% vol, independently confirmed across multiple retail and awards sources; not stated on the producer's own site pages reviewedB·14

Award — Concours Mondial de Bruxelles 2025

Gran Medaglia d'Oro (Grand Gold Medal), self-reported by the producerA·1

Award — World Liqueur Awards 2025

Bronze, Amaro category, independently confirmed via the official results listingB·14

ZONE 02 — AI-COLLATED SUMMARY

ZONE 03 — PRODUCER-SUBMITTED NOTES

PRODUCTS ON RECORD

SERVES

ZONE 04 — COMMUNITY TASTING NOTES

ZONE 05 — ASTERLEY EDITORIAL NOTE

Coordinates are city-level (Turin centre) rather than a verified street-level geocode for Via Caltanissetta 10/A in the north of the city; treat as approximate pending a direct mapping-API lookup. The World Liqueur Awards 2025 results page lists the entrant as 'San Simone (MAVOLO ANTONIO SRL)'; Mavolo is the brand's distributor (its Anthology by Mavolo brand page, re-fetched in this pass, describes Amaro San Simone as a distributed brand and independently attributes the business to the Fulcheri family), so the entrant naming is judged a competition-submission artefact rather than an ownership signal, consistent with the producer's own site, PUNCH and Italian Wikipedia. Aldo Fechino's 2012 death year is reported by both PUNCH and Italian Wikipedia. The producer does not name any individual botanicals; the named-botanical rows rest on PUNCH (five botanicals, probable) and a single retailer listing (three further botanicals, possible). The Ufficio Camerale registry page is bot-gated (HTTP 403 to automated fetchers); the ATECO 1101 row was corroborated at search-snippet level in this pass, while the entity name, VAT, address and share capital are independently confirmed in the producer's own site footer, and Europages independently lists the company as a Turin spirits manufacturer at the same address. A Brad Thomas Parsons newsletter published 14 October 2025 confirms a US import launch is underway, but the importer name, launch states and US retail price sit behind a paywall and were not verified in this pass.

COMMON QUESTIONS

Where is Amaro San Simone made?

Amaro San Simone is made in Turin, Italy, and was founded in 1960.

What style of amaro is Amaro San Simone?

On The Amaro Atlas, Amaro San Simone is recorded in the core ring, classico subcategory, within the Amaro italiano tradition. The producer describes it as "Elegante. Morbido. Raffinato (producer tagline: elegant, soft, refined)".

SOURCES — A–D GRADED (15)

1. [1]AAmaro San Simone — Homepage · Amaro San Simone S.r.l. · producer-official · accessed 2026-07-18Legal entity details (address, VAT, REA 570436, share capital), the 'Elegante. Morbido. Raffinato' tagline, the 39-botanical claim and the self-reported Concours Mondial de Bruxelles 2025 Gran Medaglia d'Oro appear on the homepage/footer. Re-verified 2026-07-18 in the adversarial pass.
2. [2]ALa Storia — Amaro San Simone · Amaro San Simone S.r.l. · producer-official · accessed 2026-07-18History page covering the 1583 depurativo origin, distribution through Turin and Piedmont pharmacies until the 1940s, the early-1950s rediscovery of the recipe and the circa-1960 reformulation. Names the founder only as 'il farmacista fondatore'; it does not name Aldo Fechino or the year 1953 (those details are sourced to PUNCH).
3. [3]ALa Formula — Amaro San Simone · Amaro San Simone S.r.l. · producer-official · accessed 2026-07-18Production process ('miscelazione a freddo' of macerated, infused and filtered bases over months, 'tecniche artigianali tramandate da decenni') and declared ingredients (water, sugar, alcohol, natural flavourings, caramel from pure sugar); states a 39-botanical count without naming individual botanicals. No ABV or tasting-balance claims appear on this page.
4. [4]ANegozio (Shop) — Amaro San Simone · Amaro San Simone S.r.l. · producer-official · accessed 2026-07-18Full shop catalogue: the single amaro in three pack formats (Single Premium Pack, Double Premium Pack, 6-bottle case) plus branded merchandise; no other drink SKUs are listed.
5. [5]AI Cocktail — Amaro San Simone · Amaro San Simone S.r.l. · producer-official · accessed 2026-07-18Producer-published serve ('perfetto dopo i pasti, liscio o con ghiaccio') and three cocktail recipes; TO Vibes is billed as 'L'aperitivo torinese firmato Amaro San Simone', 'Creato da Klodian Cikalleshi del Cheers Superga'.
6. [6]AAmaro San Simone — Single Bottle Product Page · Amaro San Simone S.r.l. · producer-official · accessed 2026-07-18Live product page, Single Premium Pack, EUR 31.50; no ABV or bottle size stated on this page.
7. [7]AAmaro San Simone — Double Premium Pack Product Page · Amaro San Simone S.r.l. · producer-official · accessed 2026-07-18Live product page: two 70cl bottles plus two glasses, EUR 55.00.
8. [8]AAmaro San Simone — 6-Bottle Case Product Page · Amaro San Simone S.r.l. · producer-official · accessed 2026-07-18Confirms the 70cl bottle size via the case listing ('Cassa da 6 bottiglie di Amaro San Simone da 70 cl').
9. [9]BAmaro San Simone Doesn't Have Fans. It Has Fanatics. · PUNCH · press · accessed 2026-07-18By Brad Thomas Parsons, published 19 January 2022. Source for the Fechino chronology (1953 takeover of the Antica Officina Farmaceutica, 1960 release, died 2012), Fulcheri family ownership, circa-400,000-bottle production volume, five named botanicals (gentian, cinchona, wormwood, rhubarb root, marjoram) and the 'not too sweet and not too strong' quote. Does not name cinnamon, peppermint or savory, and does not state an ABV.
10. [10]CLAST CALL Exclusive: Amaro San Simone Is Coming to America · Brad Thomas Parsons, 'LAST CALL' newsletter (Substack) · press · accessed 2026-07-18Published 14 October 2025. Paywalled; the free preview confirms a US import launch is underway, but importer name, launch states and price were not accessible. Not cited for any verified-fact row; referenced only in the editorial note.
11. [11]DAmaro San Simone · Wikipedia (Italian) · community · accessed 2026-07-18Corroborates the 1960 Fechino reformulation, the 26% ABV and Fechino's 2012 death (the death year is also reported by PUNCH). Names no individual botanicals. Not cited for any verified-fact row; referenced only in the editorial note.
12. [12]CAmaro San Simone — Brand Page · Anthology by Mavolo · database · accessed 2026-07-18Brand page of distributor Mavolo (Anthology by Mavolo); independently corroborates 26% ABV, 700ml bottle, five press-named botanicals, Fulcheri family ownership and the distributor (not owner) relationship between Mavolo and the brand. Not cited for any verified-fact row in this record.
13. [13]CAmaro San Simone cl 70 · MySpirits.it · database · accessed 2026-07-18Italian online retailer product page; corroborates 26% ABV, 70cl bottle and the cold-blend production method. Sole source for the cinnamon, peppermint and savory botanical rows (and a 'red cinchona' qualifier not adopted in this record), which are therefore held at 'possible' confidence.
14. [14]BBronze — Amaro — World Liqueur Awards 2025 · World Liqueur Awards · database · accessed 2026-07-18Official awards-body results listing; independent 26.00% ABV cross-check and judges' tasting note (white chocolate and vanilla pancake aromas, gentian bitterness, citrus, bittersweet cooling finish). Lists the entrant as 'San Simone (MAVOLO ANTONIO SRL)' — see editorial note for why this is not recorded as an ownership fact.
15. [15]BAmaro San Simone S.r.l. — Company Record · Ufficio Camerale · regulatory · accessed 2026-07-18Italian company-registry aggregator sourced from Camera di Commercio filings; confirms VAT/Codice Fiscale, registered address and ATECO business-activity code. The page is bot-gated (HTTP 403 to automated fetchers); in the 2026-07-18 adversarial pass the entity name and VAT were confirmed via the page's indexed search listing and the ATECO code corroborated at search-snippet level only.

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

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