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FORTHAVE MITHRADATES VI VINO AMARO 375ML 24% ABV

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	Who Forthave Mithradates VI Vino Amaro is created by Forthave Spirits, a highly acclaimed, boutique botanical distillery founded by friends Aaron Sing Fox (a painter) and Daniel de la Nuez (a writer and producer).
	Where Brooklyn, New York
	What Forthave Mithradates VI Vino Amaro is the amaro that actually tastes like amaro—dark, mysterious, and unapologetically sophisticated. Built on a red wine foundation instead of neutral grain alcohol, this isn't your standard herbal liqueur. It's more like a medicinal port wine that decided to get weird in the best way possible. Nose it and you're transported: stewed figs, dark raisins, and mace mingle with exotic saffron and cedar chest. It smells like a spice merchant's fever dream. Taste it and things get serious. Black cherry, dark honey, and cardamom arrive first, then roasted nuts, rose hip, and bitter orange peel crash the party. The velvety red wine backbone makes everything feel luxurious and intentional. Finish it slow: a long, dry, balanced fade of horehound and alpine herbs with a whisper of dark winter baking spices that lingers like a secret. Sip it neat, on the rocks, or use it to elevate your next cocktail into something genuinely memorable.
	Why Forthave Mithradates VI Vino Amaro is literally named after an ancient paranoid king's poison-proof cocktail. Here's the wild history: King Mithradates VI of Pontus (120 BC) was so terrified of assassination that he spent his entire life obsessively blending 34 different herbs, fruits, and roots into a daily wine potion. His master plan? Make his body completely immune to lethal toxins. Spoiler alert: it probably didn't work. But the recipe? Absolutely legendary. Forthave didn't just slap a cool name on a bottle. They actually dug through ancient texts, cracked the historical code, and meticulously recreated this exact 34-botanical antidote formula. So when you're sipping this dark, complex amaro, you're tasting the paranoid genius of a 2,000-year-old king who was convinced everyone was out to get him. And honestly? His taste in poison prevention was impeccable.

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