Frangelico Hazelnuts Liqueur 1L

Frangelico Hazelnuts Liqueur 1L Produced in the Piedmont region of northern Italy its origins date back more than 300 years to the presence of early Christian monks living in the hills of the area Their skills in fine food and drink would have included the art of distilling especially the use of the wild hazelnuts and other local ingredients to create a liqueur on which Frangelico is based today Frangelicos flavour is achieved through a fourstage process1 HazelnutsLocal Piedmont hazelnuts are shelled toasted and crushed They are then infused in a solution of alcohol and water2 DistillationPart of the hazelnut infusion is distilled to produce a natural hazelnut distillate3 Natural FlavouringsA number of natural extracts including cocoa and vanilla are blended with the hazelnut infusion and hazelnut distillate to create the Frangelico concentrate4 BlendingThe concentrate is blended with pure alcohol sugar and water to achieve the required bottling strength It is then laid down in vats for 68 weeks to allow the blend to marry together and mellowTaste Frangelico and the whole story falls into place Wonderful toasted wild hazelnuts found only in the Italian north combined with cocoa vanilla berries and a host of other natural extracts that make up its complex flavour ABV 20