Leopold Bros Non-Alcoholic Aperitivo web-unpublished " - Josh Raynolds

" - Josh Raynolds

finished lightly and built for the table rather than the cellar

and the wine that results is unmistakably Roussanne in fruit profile but cut with a cool

made with botanicals and herbs sourced form the region

candied pecans

Leopold Bros Non-Alcoholic Aperitivo web-unpublished " - Josh RaynoldsMost zero proof aperitivos taste like flat cough syrup. This one doesn't. Leopold Bros, the family distillery Todd and Scott Leopold founded in 1999 and moved to Denver in 2008, steam distills each botanical separately before blending it all together, which is an absurd amount of work for something you're going to top with soda water, and you can taste the difference. It lands where a good aperitivo should: bitter orange and a herbal snap up front,