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Nepèta, an innovative start-up for the enhancement of local products

Le produzioni tipiche del territorio alla base dell’innovazione di un prodotto della tradizione che conquista nuovi mercati

Nepeta, una start up innovativa per la valorizzazione dei prodotti territoriali

 

Federico Tanasi, fondatore di Nepeta: “Abbiamo rivisitato il rosolio di Nepitella per fare un nuovo amaro che si rivolge a mercati diversi, nazionali e internazionali”.

 

The company 
Nepeta is an innovative start-up, founded just over a year ago, whose core business is distillation. The two partners have put into production a amaro, which refers to the traditions of the area. It is an area at 500 meters above sea level, between the Iblei mountains, where rosolio made from catmint, a wild mint, was produced.

The idea in short

Nepeta, starting from the traditional recipe, has developed a bitter product through the cold infusion of Nepitella, Syracuse IGP lemon peel and Sicilian bittering herbs, such as Artemisia, Citrus aurantium amara, Gentiana. These skilfully blended flavors and aromas, typical of the nature of the Val di Noto, characterize a new liqueur, with an alcohol content of 28%.

The valorisation of the territory
La nepitella è una pianta aromatica, che cresce soprattutto in Sicilia, Toscana e Lazio. L’erba siciliana si trova nella zona degli Iblei, e l’altitudine dei terreni dove si sviluppa garantisce una maggiore presenza di principi attivi.
Nepeta ha messo a coltura un campo di 5.000 metri quadrati, sul quale ha poi sviluppato il processo di certificazione.
Another component of the amaro are the lemons of Syracuse, with the IGP mark, of protected geographical indication. And then the bitter herbs, typical of the area.
Nepeta respects the seasonality of fruits and herbs, so much so that the production takes place only from April to October.
The value of the Nepeta amaro comes from the balance between its components, but also from the ability to evoke - in the aromas and flavors - a territory that is also well known abroad, from Germany to the USA

An innovation for new markets
L’amaro Nepeta ha conquistato nuovi mercati grazie alle vendite online e alla collaborazione con distributori nazionali e internazionali.
Nepeta has also conquered younger segments of customers, promoting its use among the new generations of bar tenders, who have given way to a way of making and drinking trendy cocktails, Mixology.

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