Silvio Meletti created his first liqueurs — anisettes — in 1870 in his mother's small shop. Meletti wanted to offer the country an high quality product which could stand up to the more expensive foreign liqueurs, and subsequently threw himself into the study of Italian and French manuals on the distillation and production of liqueurs until he was able to design and supervise the production of a bain-marie, with slow evaporation in order to obtain as much aroma as possible.
Since 1873, Amaro Meletti has been produced in Ascoli-Piceno in Marche. This historic yet approachable amaro has a floral flavor and contains saffron and caramel in addition to the usual herbal ingredients.
