Nardini Grappa Mandorla

This bottle was a gift to me back in 2000 or so from a vendor at the time. It's been open and is only a quarter full. Almost gone, sitting alone in the miscellaneous cabinet along with a Smirnoff No. 21 Pear (drain pour), Van Gogh Double Espresso vodka (still sealed), some Rum Jumbie (from 2001 or so and at least 80% full) and a bunch of other stuff that I can't explain. Such are the wages of being a committed lush... At least this is a bottle I thought enough of to drink most of it (20 years ago). This taste is neat from a small snifter, accompanied by a Fuente Best Seller (which will almost certainly taint my perception of flavor - life's full of such conundrums). The crystal clear pour has a strong nose of almonds. Sweet and quite inviting. Flavor-wise this is acceptable - I did drink 3/4 of it, after all. Sweet, almonds, short finish, relatively clean mouthfeel. Its something to sip from a pony but probably not anything I'd buy again. Essentially a strong almond liqueur with very little of its Italian grappa DNA showing through the finish. That said, I think this could be an interesting flavoring agent. I'll have to play with a couple cocktails, but I'm seeing this and Barr Hill gin maybe making an interesting sweet after-dinner martini variant.