• Luxardo Maraschino Cherries at The Beerhive, Edinburgh. Free UK shipping.
1 1

Luxardo Maraschino Cherries

Luxardo Maraschino Cherries

£12.00
£12.00
Sale Sold out
Tax included. Shipping calculated at checkout.
Producer Luxardo
Country Italy
Region Veneto

Tasting Notes

Cherry, Almond, Syrup and Rich Sweetness

Explore Further

Cocktails Gifts

Only 6 left

Edinburgh and UK Shipping

✓ Carefully packed by our team in Edinburgh

✓ Free local delivery in Edinburgh and
Falkirk for orders over £35

✓ Free UK delivery over £90

✓ Click & Collect available

✓ Shipping to Northern Ireland and Scottish Isles available on request: orders@thebeerhive.co.uk

View full details

More About Luxardo Maraschino Cherries

The benchmark cocktail cherry — and a completely different world from the bright red supermarket versions.

Produced in Italy by the historic Luxardo family (est. 1821), these are made from real marasca cherries, preserved whole and candied in their own rich syrup rather than being artificially dyed or heavily processed.

They’re deep, almost black-red in colour, with a firm bite and a flavour that’s closer to dark cherry liqueur, almond and bittersweet fruit than sugary confection. Expect intense cherry depth, light marzipan notes and a gentle tangy finish, all carried by a thick, glossy syrup that’s almost as useful in cocktails as the fruit itself.

Meet the Producer, Luxardo

Luxardo

Style: Liqueurs & Cocktail Garnish

Most people meet Luxardo through a cocktail garnish and don’t realise there’s an entire Italian spirits house quietly sitting behind that tiny black cherry. Which is slightly unfair considering Luxardo have been making liqueurs since the early 1800s.

Founded originally in Zara, now modern-day Croatia, before relocating to the Veneto region after the Second World War, Luxardo remains family-owned and deeply tied to traditional Italian liqueur production. Maraschino remains their signature product, distilled from Marasca cherries including the pits, stems and leaves, which explains why it tastes far more complex than people expect from “cherry liqueur”.

The flavour profile sits somewhere between dry cherry, almond, citrus peel and herbal spice, with a slightly nutty edge underneath. Proper Maraschino is subtle stuff. Cocktail bars love it because a tiny amount suddenly makes everything taste more complete without obviously announcing itself. Aviation cocktails, Martinez, Last Word, all deeply improved by its presence.

Then there are the cherries themselves. Luxardo Maraschino cherries have become almost absurdly popular because they actually taste of fruit rather than fluorescent syrup. Dark, rich, slightly bitter and boozy enough to justify eating directly from the jar while pretending you’re “making cocktails”.

There’s something reassuring about producers like Luxardo surviving modern drinks culture mostly unchanged. No endless reinvention, no celebrity branding exercise, just old-school Italian spirits made properly because the recipes already worked.