Vicario Mirto Liqueur
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Myrtus communis, sacred to the goddesses Aphrodite, the ancient Greeks used the myrtle to encircle the head of the winners in games thus the plant became the symbol of glory and happy love.The tradition of Mirto Liqueur, famous on the island of Sardinia, arrived by way of bandits from Gallura who took it from nearby Corsica. They were forbidden by law to transport the shrub.
The Corsicans used it mostly for seasoning venison, while the Sardinians developed liqueurs for hundreds of years.Estate grown Myrtle lines ancient walls, remnants of a medieval hospital, at our family farm Villa Sant'Andrea in Cortona, Italy, still considered a healing place of the soul for those who visit. Harvested by hand in autumn, the liqueur is finished in South Carolina.