St. Roch
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.
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