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RECORD amaro-silano · EVIDENCE GRADE A · UNCLAIMED · LAST VERIFIED 2026-07-09

Amaro Silano

Cosenza · Italy · 39.299, 16.254

REGION: italyTRADITION: Amaro italianoEST. 1864WEBSITE ↗

ZONE 01 — VERIFIED FACTS

Founded
1864, by Raffaello Bosco, a few years after Italian unification, in the Cosenza province of CalabriaA·3
Producer
Liquorificio 1864 S.r.l. (VAT 00122870784), based in Figline Vegliaturo, CalabriaA·4
Relaunch
Company formally re-established in 2005 by Elvira Regina, Antonella Regina, Gianni Regina and Orlando Marcelletti to relaunch and export the original recipesA·4
Amaro Silano recipe
Nine herbs: gentian, cloves, iris, rhubarb, quassia, yarrow, cardamom, coriander and Aloe ferox, slow-macerated per Bosco's original 1864 formulaA·3
Amaro Silano ABV and formats
30% vol, sold in 70cl and 100cl bottlesA·1
Award
Amaro Silano won a gold medal in the Spirits Selection category of the Concours Mondial de BruxellesA·1
Capobranco recipe and ABV
28% vol, 70cl, over 20 botanicals with pine bud and gentian root prominent, positioned as a lower-sugar, more assertively bitter amaroA·2

ZONE 02 — AI-COLLATED SUMMARY

AI-ASSISTED · FROM GRADED PUBLIC SOURCES

Amaro Silano is produced by Liquorificio 1864 S.r.l. in Calabria, tracing its recipe to 1864 when Raffaello Bosco began macerating Sila-mountain herbs in his home cellar, later adding Aloe ferox discovered on his travels. The company was formally relaunched in 2005 by a new ownership group to export the traditional recipes internationally. Its flagship, Amaro Silano, is a nine-botanical, 30% ABV amaro marketed as the oldest in Calabria and awarded gold at the Concours Mondial de Bruxelles; a second core product, Capobranco - Amaro Supremo, is a 28% ABV, pine-and-gentian-forward amaro built on 20-plus botanicals in a lower-sugar style.

AI-collated from the graded sources below; operator review pending

ZONE 03 — PRODUCER-SUBMITTED NOTES

This record is unclaimed. This space opens to the producer when they claim it. Producer claiming is coming soon.

PRODUCTS ON RECORD

Amaro Silano

30% ABV · 700ML

BOTTLE IMAGE
ADDED BY THE PRODUCER

SUBCATEGORY classicoRING coreTRADITION Amaro italianoSELF-IDENTIFIED “the oldest amaro in Calabria”

A bright brown, herb-macerated Calabrian amaro dating to 1864, built on nine botanicals macerated slowly to draw out the forest-floor character of the Sila plateau. Bittersweet and intensely aromatic, it carries a gold medal from the Concours Mondial de Bruxelles Spirits Selection.

BOTANICAL MATRIX — 9 GRADED EDGES

  • Gentian · bitteringA·3
  • Cloves · spiceA·3
  • Iris · aromaticA·3
  • Rhubarb · bitteringA·3
  • Quassia · bitteringA·3
  • Yarrow · aromaticA·3
  • Cardamom · spiceA·3
  • Coriander · spiceA·3
  • Aloe ferox · bitteringA·3

DESCRIPTORS

  • bitter ▮▮▮▮▮A·1
  • herbal ▮▮▮▮▮A·1
  • bittersweet ▮▮▮▮▮A·1
  • intense aromatic ▮▮▮▮▮A·1

Capobranco - Amaro Supremo

28% ABV · 700ML

BOTTLE IMAGE
ADDED BY THE PRODUCER

SUBCATEGORY classicoRING coreTRADITION Amaro italianoSELF-IDENTIFIED “Amaro Supremo, low-sugar style”

A pine bud and gentian-forward Calabrian amaro from the Liquorificio 1864 stable, built on more than 20 botanicals including roots and barks. Enters balsamic and spiced, then develops a powerful, persistent bitterness, positioned as a lower-sugar, more assertive sibling to Amaro Silano.

BOTANICAL MATRIX — 3 GRADED EDGES

  • Pine buds · bittering/aromaticA·2
  • Gentian root · bitteringA·2
  • Roots and barks (unspecified, 20+ botanicals total) · bittering/aromaticA·2

DESCRIPTORS

  • bitter ▮▮▮▮▮A·2
  • balsamic ▮▮▮▮▮A·2
  • spiced ▮▮▮▮▮A·2
  • resinous pine ▮▮▮▮▮A·2

SERVES

On the rocks

producer
  • · Amaro Silano
  • · ice
  • · orange slice (optional)

Serve ice-cold over ice, garnished with an orange sliceA·1

Neat, lightly chilled

producer
  • · Capobranco - Amaro Supremo

Serve Capobranco at 10-20C, optionally with a single ice cube to open different flavour dimensionsA·2

ZONE 04 — COMMUNITY TASTING NOTES

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

ZONE 05 — ASTERLEY EDITORIAL NOTE

Initial task brief hypothesised Caffo Group attribution; producer research corrected this to Liquorificio 1864 S.r.l. Capobranco's subcategory is provisionally set to classico pending closer stylistic review, as no rabarbaro/fernet/alpino/aperitivo/carciofo/tartufo signal was found in producer copy. VAT number corrected during verification pass (source reads 00122870784, not 00122470784).

COMMON QUESTIONS

Where is Amaro Silano made?
Amaro Silano is made in Cosenza, Italy, and was founded in 1864.
What style of amaro is Amaro Silano?
On The Amaro Atlas, Amaro Silano is recorded in the core ring, classico subcategory, within the Amaro italiano tradition. The producer describes it as "the oldest amaro in Calabria".

SOURCES — A–D GRADED (5)

  1. [1]AAmaro Silano 70cl/100cl - product page · Liquorificio 1864 S.r.l. · producer-official · accessed 2026-07-09ABV, bottle formats, ingredients, sensory profile, award, serving suggestion
  2. [2]ACapobranco - Amaro Supremo - product page · Liquorificio 1864 S.r.l. · producer-official · accessed 2026-07-09ABV, bottle format, ingredients, botanical count, tasting notes, serving suggestion
  3. [3]AIl piu antico amaro di Calabria - history page · Liquorificio 1864 S.r.l. · producer-official · accessed 2026-07-09Founding year, founder Raffaello Bosco, origin story, nine-botanical recipe list
  4. [4]AAzienda - company history page · Liquorificio 1864 S.r.l. · producer-official · accessed 2026-07-09Founding details, Cosenza province origin, 2005 relaunch and current ownership (Elvira Regina, Antonella Regina, Gianni Regina, Orlando Marcelletti); VAT 00122870784
  5. [5]BProducer discovery and attribution notes (task brief) · Internal research pass · other · accessed 2026-07-09Corrects initial hypothesis that Amaro Silano is a Caffo Group product; confirms Liquorificio 1864 S.r.l. as producer, admin HQ at Zumpano and production plant at Figline Vegliaturo

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