Bitter, Contratto

• Bitter aperitif produced by Contratto in Piedmont, Italy
• Grape-based distillate sourced from estate-grown fruit
• Extracts of 24 different herbs, spices, roots and seeds, including aloe, bitter orange, sweet orange, wormwood, cloves, cardamom, gentian, hibiscus, elecampane, juniper, mint, rhubarb, sage and nettle
• Botanicals are crushed through a hammer mill and cold-extracted with hydro-alcoholic solution over 35 days
• Sweetened with beet sugar and colored with carrot and beetroot extracts
• Filtered to remove all solids and aged in stainless steel tank for 40 days
• Gold medalist at the 2023 San Francisco World Spirits Competition
• 22% ABV

For a bold Spritz or a fruit-forward Negroni, look no further. Contratto Bitter is an intuitive replacement for Campari that brings added depth with no artificial coloring.

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