Don Ciccio Figli

Don Ciccio & Figli
Washington D.C., USA
ABOUT
THE BITTER & THE SWEET. An Epic Story of Rebirth. The tale of Don Ciccio & Figli begins on
another continent, and in many ways, in another world.
It is 1852 in the Italian town of Atrani. In this ancient hamlet clinging to the rocky coast of
Amalfi, a child is born. He is Vincenzo, known to friends and family as ‘N’gioletto’, and by his
hand, the great liqueur recipes of the Amodeo family will come into being. In the summer
of 1883, now a man, he becomes the first but not the last Amodeo to create the finest liqueurs
on the Amalfi Coast. From bitter Amaro to sweet Limoncello, the family liqueurs would become
a part of day-to-day life, the routines that ordain the eternal traditions of southwest Italy. For
50 years, the birth and growth of the Amodeo liqueurs proceed whimsically, like a fresh
breeze warmed by the Mediterranean sun. And then, The Great War. Under the dark
cloud, the Amodeos press on, crafting their liqueurs as best they can. But finally the stills run
dry and the recipes are put under lock and key, as the family rolls up its sleeves for the
monumental effort to rebuild. Little do they know, there will be yet another war to weather.
The family craft lies dormant, but it is never forgotten.
In 1951, my grandfather Francesco Amodeo, the ‘Don Ciccio’ we honor in our name, brings our
liqueurs back to life. A mechanic by wartime necessity, but with artisanal liqueur-making
running in his blood. He joins forces with my maternal grandfather Giovanni Porpora who is a
falegname – a carpenter of exquisite skill. Together they build a small and thriving distillery in
the hills of Furore, near Positano and Capri. The liqueurs are reborn, crafted exactly as they had
been until 1931. And so the family lives and loves, growing from strength to strength, until an
act of God necessitates the second rebirth.
In 1980 a crippling earthquake in the Irpinia district reduces the distillery to rubble, and the
earth swallows entire groves of lemon trees. Those who do not know our family’s history think
this could be the end. They feel vindicated when we moved from Atrani to America.
Leap forward to 2012. Five thousand miles from Italy, and thirty two years after the earthquake
of Irpinia shook the family craft to a standstill, Don Ciccio & Figli liqueurs flow again. Today,
when you taste any liqueur in our range, from the bitter to the sweet, you experience the
rebirth of the spirit of the Amodeo family from the Amalfi Coast, just as it was in 1883.
Year Founded:
Name of Proprietor:
2012
Francesco Amodeo
BITTER LIQUEURS
Amaro Delle Sirene
ABV 29%
SFWSC 2016: SILVER MEDAL
WINE ENTHUSIAST: 92 POINTS
BASED ON AN INFUSION OF 30
SELECTED ROOTS AND HERBS
HIGHLIGHTING EUCALYPTUS,
RIPE FRUIT AND LICORICE,
WITH A SCENT OF GENTIAN
LUTEA, CHICORY AND
CHAMOMILE.
Amaro Tonico Ferro Kina
ABV 20%
SFWSC 2017: BRONZE MEDAL
PRODUCED FOLLOWING
TRADITIONAL METHODS,
MACERATING PROPRIETARY
BOTANICAL BLEND IN
TERRACOTTA AMPHORAS.
Amaro Don Fernet
ABV 25%
BASED ON AN INFUSION OF 25
SELECTED ROOTS AND HERBS
HIGHLIGHTING FRESH MINT,
DARK CHOCOLATE, GINGER &
SAFFRON.

Don Ciccio & Figli
Washington D.C., USA
Ambrosia Aperitivo
ABV 15%
AN ALL-NATURAL ITALIAN
HERBAL LIQUEUR THAT LEANS
MORE BITTERSWEET. CLEAN
AND REFRESHING, IT IS MADE
WITH TURMERIC, BLOOD
ORANGE, CANTELOPE,
CARROTS AND 9 BOTANICALS.
Donna Rosa Rabarbaro
ABV 20%
BASED ON AN INFUSION OF
SELECTED ROOTS AND HERBS
HIGHLIGHTING TWO TYPES OF
RHUBARB, HONEYSUCKLES,
ROSE PETALS, AND VANILLA
Cerasum Aperitivo
ABV 23%
BASED ON AN INFUSION OF
THREE TYPES OF CHERRIES
FROM MICHIGAN, SAKURA
BLOSSOMS FROM VIRGINIA AND
10 SELECTED ROOTS AND
HERBS INCLUDING JUNIPER,
CHAMOMILE, HIBISCUS.
C3 Carciofo
ABV 23%
SFWSC 2017: GOLD MEDAL
BASED ON AN INFUSION OF 3
DIFFERENT KINDS OF
ARTICHOKES, CARDOONS,
GRAPEFRUITS AND 18 SELECTED
ROOTS AND HERBS.
Luna Aperitivo
ABV 23%
SFWSC 2016: SILVER MEDAL
WINE ENTHUSIAST: 91 POINTS
MULTI-FACETED BITTER
SWEETNESS THAT HIGHLIGHTS
GRAPEFRUITS, PRICKLY PEARS,
GENTIAN LUTEA AND CHICORY
WITH NOTES OF RHUBARB AND
VANILLA.
Cinque Aperitivo
ABV 15%
SFWSC 2016: GOLD MEDAL WINE
ENTHUSIAST: 91 POINTS
BASED ON AN INFUSION OF 12
SELECTED ROOTS AND HERBS
HIGHLIGHTING BITTER ORANGE
AND GENTIAN LUTEA.
CORDIALS
Limoncello
ABV 25%
ALL NATURAL LIMONCELLO
PRODUCED USING ONLY
FRESH LEMONS. NO COLORING
OR STABLIZERS ADDED.
Mandarinetto
ABV 25%
PRODUCED USING ONLY FRESH
MANDARIN ORANGES AND
WITHOUT COLORING OR
STABILIZERS.
Fico d’India
ABV 25%
MADE WITH PRICKLY PEAR
GROW WILD ALONG THE
MOUNTAIN SIDES OF
SOUTHERN ITALY.
Finocchietto
ABV 25%
SFWSC 2017: SILVER MEDAL
WINE ENTHUSIAST: 88 POINTS
BLACK LIQUORICE AND FRESH
ANICE FLAVOR, WITH AN
UNMISTAKABLE FRAGRANCE
AND TASTE.
Nocino
ABV 29%
SFWSC 2017: BRONZE MEDAL
WINE ENTHUSIAST: 92 POINTS A
BITTERSWEET LIQUEUR WITH
AROMAS OF GREEN WALNUTS,
BROWN SPICES, VANILLA AND
RIPE BERRIES WITH A LONG
AND RICH FINISH.
Concerto
ABV 12%
THE BARLEY AND ESPRESSO
COFFEE ARE OVEN ROASTED
WITH ACACIA WOOD FOR A
MAXIMUM OF 28 MINUTES,
THEN MIXED WITH 15
BOTANICALS.