Cocktail
Americano
The Americano is the classic Italian bitter aperitivo — equal parts Campari and sweet red vermouth, built over ice in a highball or rocks glass and lengthened with soda water, garnished with a slice of orange. Bittersweet, refreshing and low in strength, it is the long, sparkling forerunner of the Negroni and one of the founding drinks of the Italian aperitivo hour.
Bitter15% ABV
At a glance
Signature
Orange & Herbal
Sweet
Strength
Moderate ABV
15% ABV
Glowing red-orange and lightly sparkling, the Americano smells of vivid bitter orange and aromatic Campari botanicals over the herbal, faintly wine-like depth of sweet vermouth, with the soda lifting fresh orange oils off the top. On the palate it is bittersweet and bracingly refreshing — a rounding caramel sweetness from the liqueurs set against Campari's rhubarb-and-orange bitterness — with a crisp effervescent lift and a clean, gently bitter finish at a sessionable 15 percent alcohol in the glass.
Taste balance
BitternessMedium
SmoothBitter
StrengthMedium
LightStrong