Elderflower Aperitivo (750 ml)

Hotel Starlino is the aperitivo label created by the Torino-based Rosso family, whose Vermouth di Torino heritage informs the house approach of building liqueurs on a Moscato Bianco wine base rather than a neutral spirit — a deliberate choice that carries the aromatic lift of Piedmontese muscat into the finished product. Turin sits at the foot of the Alps, and the city's centuries-old tradition of botanically infused wines gives this elderflower expression its categorical context: it is closer in construction to a vermouth-adjacent aperitivo than a simple fruit liqueur. The elderflower character is achieved through maceration of elderflower botanicals into the Moscato base, preserving the grape's natural floral register and layering it with the honeyed, faintly green quality of sambucus bloom. What separates this expression from northern European elderflower liqueurs is the wine-forward backbone — the Moscato contributes stone-fruit and orange-blossom depth that a neutral-spirit base cannot replicate. Serve over ice with Prosecco or tonic; the low bitterness profile and medium-sweet calibration make it one of the more versatile aperitivo formats in the Hotel Starlino range.