Distiller Notes
Wine Enthusiast Wine Star Spirit Brand of the Year Award for 2024
Meletti Limoncello achieves the perfect balance of sweetness and freshness by combining alcohol, sugar, and lemon peel. Meletti selects only the finest lemons from Sorrento’s coastal groves. The lemons are harvested in mid-October and quickly brought to Meletti’s distillery to create a pure and natural citrus liqueur with no coloring or stabilizing additives. A rich, full mouth feel with inviting aromas and flavors of fresh lemons that are pronounced but not harsh, and balanced by a delightfully sweet finish.
According to Italian tradition, Limoncello is the elixir of life. Folklore holds that this liqueur had healing virtues capable of curing everything from bad breath to a bad love life.
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Wine Enthusiast
This lemon liqueur appears slight at first: pale yellow and slightly cloudy, lightly fragranced with lemon oil. Yet one sip, and the favor is unmistakably bold, balancing sweetness with an authentic and clean lemon-peel acidity.
E stablished in 1870, the Meletti family has been producing Italy ’ s most beloved liqueurs for over 150 years, across five generations.
The distillery was founded in Ascoli Piceno on the Adriatic coastal region of Le Marche by Silvio Meletti. Meletti ’ s vision was to source the finest, natural ingredients to utilize as blending agents in his limited - production artisanal cordials, aperitivi, digestivi, and liqueurs.
For a century and a half, this vision has been maintained by each gene ration, with the current CEO ’ s Matteo and Mauro Meletti representing the 5th generation of the family to carry forth the business.
The art of distillation, along with proprietary, secret r ecipes have been passed down through generations of Melettis. Beyo nd that, the ingredients used in each product and sourced from long standing partnerships to make sure standards are maintained. The resulting selection of liqueurs speak to the family ’ s commitment to the Meletti ’ s legendary legacy
First prepared by 13th century Italian monks as herbal medicines and elixirs, Liqueurs are distilled spirits that have been combined with flavoring agents. A range of herbs, spices, nuts, fruits and flowers can be used, and a sweetener such as sugar or corn syrup is often added. While typically rather sweet, some examples are herbaceous or tart and pair exceptionally well with desserts or act as a delightful addition to cocktails.