Alkermes Santa Maria Novella - 50cl
Alkermes by Santa Maria Novella is a sweet dessert liqueur, which is often used in the preparation of desserts, such as trifle or peaches. It is made according to the original recipe of 1743 by Fra 'Cosimo Bucelli, at the time director of the workshop. With a bright ruby color, it has an enveloping, dry and warm profile, with notes of morello cherry and sweet and spicy spices in the foreground
The Alkermes Liqueur from the Officina Profumo-Farmaceutica di Santa Maria Novella is a historic label, offering an absolutely excellent version of this specialty, characterized by an intensely aromatic and spicy profile. The word Alkermes comes from Arabic and was used to indicate the bright red color of cochineal, which was used in antiquity as a natural dye for silk. Even today, it is produced following the instructions from the 18th century, preserved within the walls of the monastery of the Dominican monks of Santa Maria Novella. It is an excellence of Tuscan tradition, widely used in pastry to create desserts with intense flavors and unusual and surprising chromatic effects.
The Liqueur with Alkermes flavor from the Officina Profumo-Farmaceutica di Santa Maria Novella is one of the most interesting preparations of the Florentine workshop. The secret of the liqueur lies in a preparation that still today is done in an absolutely artisanal way, following with extreme precision an ancient recipe created by Fra' Cosimo Bucelli in 1743. The processes of processing and the ingredients have not changed over the centuries. It starts with a few carefully selected high-quality raw materials: cinnamon, cloves, cardamom, rose water, raspberries, alcohol, sugar, and water. The spices are infused in pure alcohol, so that they can impart all the precious aromas to the distillate. At the end of the long maceration period, the infusion is filtered and mixed with the other ingredients, thus creating a harmonious and balanced liqueur.
The Alkermes-flavored Liqueur from the Officina Profumo-Farmaceutica di Santa Maria Novella is a bottle that recalls the flavors of the past and the sweets of tradition. Visually, it presents a bright and luminous ruby red color. Intense and rich, it offers a bouquet characterized by notes of sweet spices, cinnamon, cardamom, hints of cloves, touches of medicinal herbs, on a soft and sweet background of raspberry, cherry, and maraschino. On the palate, it has a warm, velvety, and enveloping entry, with an intense spiciness, a strong aromatic charge, and the pleasant sweetness of a juicy red fruit. Harmonious and complex, it has a very persistent finish, returning to spicy and slightly peppery notes.