Campania · Avellino

Liquore di gelse rosse

Ruby-red, berry-dark, sweet and faintly tannic.

Geo AMethod According to the transmitted recipe, ruby-red mulberries macerate in alcohol at 90° for around fifteen days, then are completed as rosolio.

Publication note

Published as a product profile: validated sources do not fully document ingredients and/or method details.

What it is

An old red-mulberry rosolio from inland Campania, especially Avellino, locally tied to silk-producing landscapes.

Origin place card

The source places it in internal Campania, especially across Avellino province.

Verified history

Historical depth remains limited; the direct-read source supports identity/core product description but not deeper archival history.

Ingredients

Ingredients not fully documented in validated sources.

Method

Method/process not fully documented in validated sources.

Why travel for it

A page for people who want to find an old mulberry tree in inland Campania.

Recreate-it pathway

Recover full syrup/resting variants from families; source gives a core but not full modern protocol.

Fieldwork questions

Are there named villages with surviving gelsi? Any oral link to spinning, silk, or convent economies?

Photo brief

Red mulberries, silkworm-memory leaves, Avellino countryside, dark ruby bottle.