Faretti Liqueur Faretti Biscotti Famosi NV 750ml

Hailing from Northern Italy, this tawny-orange liqueur is based on biscotti cookies. It has a remarkable pastry-like quality, from the rich roasted-almond aroma to the sweet, syrupy, almond-paste flavor flecked with fennel. Use to sweeten coffee, tiki drinks in place of orgeat syrup, or to add flavor to baked goods.

The deep straw/old gold color is pretty and pure. The opening whiffs are true to what’s described on the label as confectioner’s sugar and cookie batter scents please the olfactory sense in the first stages; aeration brings out a note of orange peel that mingles well with the sugar and batter. The palate entry is sweet, intense, and predictably biscuit-like; the orange aspect emerges in the midpalate taste which brings a pleasant citric acidity to the experience that balances the sugary sweetness. Ends well and elegantly. Highly Recommended.