St. Roch

Region: Valle D’Aosta 

Site: Saintroch.it

 
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BACKGROUND

St. Roch distillery was founded in 1968 by Natalia Levi. The Levi family has been involved with distillation beginning in the late 1800s when Angelo Levi and his son Guglielmo founded their distillery in Sant’Orso, Aosta. For two centuries the family has been producing some of the finest spirits available in Italy.  The Levi family’s insistence on the use of traditional herbs and ancient production techniques coupled with modern philosophies on purity and organics has made them one of the best micro-distillers in all of Italy.  These selections are hand crafted and chosen specifically by and for LYRA Imports and their special clients in the USA.   

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The Spirits

GRAPPA DI FUMIN MONOVITIGNO

Our highest octane selection, the St. Roch Fumin single-vineyard grappa is produced from the distillation of fine pomace of the indigenous Aosta Fumin varietal. This is a complex and harmonious grappa with classic, traditional warmth and a rich, robust flavor. The aromatics are ethereal and silky while on the palate we find notes of forest fruits and red berries.  

Grape Variety : 100% Fumin

Type: Monovitigno, Autochthonous

Altitude Plants: 500/800 mt.

Distillation: Double bain-marie alembic distillation

Optics:  Clear

Nose:  Fine, intense with aromas of red fruits and berries

Palate:  Pleasantly dry prune, raisin, fig

Pairings:  70% Cacao, cigars, grappa cocktail

Service stem:  Tulip-shaped stem distillate glass – 11.4 cl.  Diam. 58 mm

Alcohol: 45% alc./vol. - 90 Proof

Contents: 750 ml

Production: 5,000 Bottles

AMARO AOSTA

St. Roch Amaro is obtained by the maceration of a precise selection of Aosta Alpine herbs. This beautiful and delightful Amaro arrives with a distinctive and balanced profile, clean aromatic floral notes, and is ready for service right out of the box!

Raw Material : Hand-picked wild selection of 40 wild Alpine herbs and roots

Type: Bitter Liqueur

Production area: Aosta Valley

Production Method: Hydro-alcoholic infusion of medicinal plant extracts, dedicated to Aosta, the small town in the Alps where our story begins

Optics:  Cola

Nose:  Cola, spice, sweet herbs

Palate:  Pleasantly aromatic and intensely flavorful

Pairings:  Digestivo, cigars, cool mountain air

Service stem:  Tulip-shaped stem distillate glass – 11.4 cl.  Diam. 58 mm

Alcohol: 36% alc./vol. - 72 Proof

Contents: 750 ml

Production: 4,000 Bottles

GENEPY BLANC

This famous Aosta spirit is produced by laying Artemisia umbelliformis, better known as Genepi femmina plants (a wormwood variant) on mesh suspended over alcohol in an airtight tank for 3 months. The organoleptic qualities of the plant are pulled by the alcoholic vapors into the solution, imparting no pigment and maintaining a crystalline, colorless liqueur.  Aromatic and delicate with scents of crisp Alpine air, high altitude plants and summit herbs. Perfect for a delicious and smooth digestivo.

Plant: Génépy (Artemisia umbelliformis Lam)

Type: Liqueur

Production area: Aosta Valley

Altitude Plants SLM: 1.700 mt.

Production Method: Suspension of Artemisia plants on alcohol for 3 months in a watertight tank, through the vapours only the organoleptic part passes to the alcoholic solution, maintaining the liqueur crystalline.

Optics:  Crystalline

Nose:  Fine, scent of Alpine air and fragrance of aromatic plants of high altitude

Palate:  Pleasantly aromatic and delicate

Pairings:  As digestivo or contemplation

Service stem:  Tulip-shaped stem distillate glass – 11.4 cl.  Diam. 58 mm

Alcohol: 38% alc./vol. - 76 Proof

Contents: 750 ml

Production: 6,6000 Bottles

 GIN GLACIALIS

Hand harvested, high altitude wild juniper, raspberries, and blueberries are the source of this gin’s incredible high toned aromatics and savvy flavor profile. Pure alpine glacial water rounds out the ingredient list and gives us one of the world’s most unique and distinctive gin spirits. NEGRONI TIME!

Raw Material : Wild Aosta Valley juniper picked by hand, Blueberry, Raspberry

Type: Dry GIN

Production area: Aosta Valley

Altitude Plants SLM: 800 / 2.400 mt.

Production Method: We prepare the three hydro- alcoholic infusion of juniper berries, blueberries and raspberry. The infusions are then distilled with a discontinuous bain-marie alembic still. At the end they are mixed with water

Optics: Clear

Nose:  Fine, scent of Alpine air and blueberry reflections

Palate:  Pleasantly aromatic and delicate

Pairings:  Juniper cooked meat, Light Gin Tonic, smoked herring

Service stem:  Tulip-shaped stem distillate glass – 11.4 cl.  Diam. 58 mm

Alcohol: 42% alc./vol. - 84 Proof

Contents: 750 ml

Production: 10,000 Bottles