E-Curti, Nucillo Vesuvio Liqueur

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2017 Nucillo is a liqueur produced by 'e curti in Campania. The walnut, from whose malli the nocino is obtained after an alcoholic maceration of about 60 days, has always boasted a pagan sacredness, which was already recognized by the Greeks and Romans. Even today, tradition has it that the green walnuts for this liqueur are harvested only during the night of June 24, the day on which the summer solstice was celebrated. The "guazza" of that night is considered by tradition a panacea for all ills. The heritage is certainly Padano, but the liqueur became part of the gastronomic tradition of those areas dedicated to the production of nuts; in fact, even in Naples the old families linked to tradition offer at the end of lunch this liqueur made from walnuts, which is called nucillo for the evident dialectal inflections