Tasting Notes
Fernet is a herbal liqueur originating in northern Italy, but it is now very popular around the world, especially in South America. Most have an alcohol content of 35-40%, which is high among herbal liqueurs, and it is characterised by a clear taste with a sharp and strong bitterness. And the sugar content is less than half of Campari, and the main body of the bitterness is mainly distributed in temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere, and many of them use mint for finishing.Botanicals include raspberry flowers, elderflower berberine, mint, rooibos, galangal, ukogi, suba, chicori, black letters, cinnamon, blood orange etc.. A total of 29 types are used - Importer Note
(There may be sediment on rare occasions, this is hand-bottled product thus filtration is minimal to keep the character of the drink intact.)
Located in Lake Sagami Kanagawa, Iseya Distillery was founded in 2021 by Tatsuya Motonaga. The distillery is housed in a repurposed 100 year old traditional house, where each batch of Scarlet is handmade and hand bottled. A majority of the ingredients used in the production of Scarlet are sourced locally including a nearby field that is being used to grow botanicals specifically by Motonaga-san.
Tatsuya Motonaga spent his previous career working in some of the world’s greatest cocktail bars. Shibuya’s Coal Ila, Shinjuku’s BenFiddich, Taipei’s Wa-shu to name a few. His desire to work towards creating a unique Japanese Amaro brand started with a trip visiting over 70 distilleries around Europe and the UK. It was during these visits that he experienced the depth of craftsmanship with the local agriculture that helps create some of the world’s greatest beverages. These products are the essence of ‘handmade’ with every process done without machines - filtering, bottling, labelling, sealing. Also each Amaro is not heavily filtered with the aim to retain as much character of the raw ingredients as possible. Thus every bottle continues to have a heavy flavour-filled sediment that showcases these unique ingredients.
| Product Type | Spirits Digestif/Amaro/Bitters |
| Volume | 700ml |
| Country | Japan |