alc./vol: 28%
Proof: 56°
Vintage: Non-vintage
Aged: Unaged
Product of:
Italy
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The world's leading brand of amaretto liqueur. Originally named Amaretto di Saronno (Amaretto of Saronno) after the Italian town of Saronno where it is still made.
Disaronno is not made with almonds but derives its nutty almond flavour only from apricot kernels.
Said to have been first created in 1525 by a young innkeeper who posed as a model for Bernardino Luini, an artist from the Leonardo da Vinci's school of art. Luini used her as a model for his portrait of the Madonna, which can still be viewed in the Chapel of Santa Maria delle Grazie, in Saronno. For the full story, see Disaronno, a 500-year legend.
Review and Tasting
Sampled on 13/02/2026
Appearance:
Clear, bright burnished copper with golden highlights.
Aroma:
Pungent and alluring bitter almond, marzipan and cake icing sugar.
Taste:
Lightly syrupy with marzipan, macaroon, madeira, battenberg cake, vanilla, lemon zestiness, toasted almonds and apricots.
Aftertaste:
Long toasted almond and marzipan finish, which, while sweet has a balancing faint toasty bitterness.
Overall:
The plastic square cap is far from sustainable. Apart from perhaps the ethics of the cap, this is a well-made, consistently good, richly flavoured liqueur.
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