Cardamaro Vino Aromatizzato Amaro al Cardo

Region: Piedmont, Italy

Unlike most other Italian Amari, Cardamaro is wine-based, deriving it's name from the hunchback cardoon - a thistle-like plant in the sunflower family - that is also a key ingredient in one of the great Piemontese dishes, bagna cauda. Use this complex and versatile amaro anywhere you’d use Campari for a more floral, less bitter alternative. 

Recipe: Sacrilege
1.5 oz Irish whiskey
1 oz Cardamaro
1 oz Cocchi Vermouth
1/2 oz fresh lemon juice
1/2 oz Honey syrup
Shaken, strained into a rocks glass with one large ice cube