The bottle of Lazzaroni sambuca has a crown on the label. This symbol rightfully adorns the emblem of the Paolo Lazzaroni & Figli company: in the second half of the 65th century, it was the official supplier of the Italian royal court. Today, the quality of Lazzaroni sambuca is as impeccable as it was a century and a half ago. “Royal” sambuca is exported to XNUMX countries.
Sambuca Lazzaroni 1851 in 2010 was awarded 93 points out of 100 possible on the scale of the American Beverage Tasting Institute (Beverage Tasting Institute). The jury noted the unusually velvety taste of the liqueur.
Historical reference. From generation to generation, the story of the confectioner Giuseppe from Saronno, who lived in the XNUMXth century, has been passed down in the Lazzaroni family. The parents of his beloved, Osolina, opposed their marriage. But it so happened that the Cardinal of Milan came to the city. The resourceful young man presented his Eminence with his own hand-made cookies with apricot kernels and bitter almonds – Amaretto. Apparently, the cardinal was a big fan of sweets. He liked the confectioner’s gift so much that he blessed the marriage of Giuseppe and Osolina Lazzaroni.
Documentary evidence has been preserved that already in the 1846th century the Lazzaroni were one of the richest and most respected families in Saronno. In the XNUMXth century, the patisserie continued to flourish, and Amaretto biscuits became fashionable throughout Lombardy. In XNUMX, Paolo Lazzaroni, leaving the family business to his brother David, built a distillery in the town of Monza and founded the company Paolo Lazzaroni & Figli.
Signor Paolo took five years to create the almond liqueur Amaretto by trial and error. The drink was delicious, and tasted so reminiscent of Lazzaroni’s signature biscuits, amaretti, that it was immediately dubbed “liquid biscuit.”
At that time, another liqueur, sambuca, was extremely popular in Italy. Signor Paolo decided to surpass its discoverer – the company Manzi. The blenders of Paolo Lazzaroni & Figli have created a new sambuca, more delicate and sweeter in taste than the classic Manzi liqueur.
Lazzaroni drinks and biscuits were a huge success, the king of Italy himself was delighted with them and appointed the Lazzaroni brothers as suppliers of his court. In 1888 Signor Paolo and his son Luigi built a new factory near the Saronno railway station. At the end of the XNUMXth century, the company began exporting liqueurs.
Luigi Lazzaroni united two family companies. Thanks to this, the company successfully survived the First World War, when most of the products were requisitioned for the needs of the army, and the Second, during which production stopped for several years.
After the Second World War, the son of Signor Luigi, Mario Lazzaroni, took over the restoration of the company. Under his leadership, the company has taken one of the leading positions in the Italian market of alcohol and confectionery. For his work, in 1970 he received the honorary title of “Knight of Labor” from the Italian government.
Currently, the company is managed by Signor Paolo Lazzaroni, a representative of the seventh generation of the family. He considers one of his main tasks to maintain the highest level of product quality, which has always distinguished Paolo Lazzaroni & Figli.
Types of sambuca Lazzaroni
5 varieties of Lazzaroni sambuca are produced:
- Lazzaroni Sambuca 1851 – a colorless transparent anise liqueur with a strength of 42%, which is produced according to the original recipe of the middle of the XNUMXth century;
- Lazzaroni Sambuca del Chiostro is a 38% ABV anise liqueur with a sweet, slightly spicy taste. The drink was named after the old Franciscan monastery in Saronno, where the head office of Paolo Lazzaroni & Figli is located;
- Lazzaroni Sambuca del Lago is a 38% ABV liqueur with a delicate taste and anise-vanilla aroma. The drink is named after one of the most beautiful Italian lakes;
- Lazzaroni Infinito Nero Sambuca is a purple-black liqueur with a strength of 38%. An unusual color is given to the drink by licorice root extract;
- Lazzaroni Black Caffe is an anise coffee liqueur. The word Sambuca is not on the label, because according to EU standards, a drink with a coffee flavor cannot be considered sambuca.
