Lillet

Lillet is an aperitif wines ( 85%) and fruit liqueurs (15 %). For the production of liqueurs, the shell of various citrus fruit ( oranges from southern Spain, Seville oranges from Haiti, green oranges from Morocco and Tunisia) and cinchona from Peru is engaged for several months in alcohol. The Lillet is stored in traditional oak barrels. In 1987, the recipe for Lillet Blanc and 1990 the composition of the Lillet Rouge was adapted in collaboration with the oenological institute of the University of Bordeaux to the contemporary taste: Now it does not taste bitter and sweet, but light and fruity. Lillet is available in three variations available: white, rosé and red.

Taste

Lillet Blanc

Gold color with notes of candied orange peel and honey.

Lillet Rouge

Ruby red, redolent of fresh oranges and ripe, red fruits.

History

The company Lillet Freres ( liqueur producers and wine and spirit merchant ) was founded in 1872 in the French Podensac (Gironde ). The Lillet was born 1887. The idea of ​​combining Bordeaux wines with exotic fruits, came from Father Kermann that. Reign of Louis XVI emigrated to Brazil as a doctor and finally again returned to Bordeaux, where he produced liquors and tonic mainly from China bark. Bordeaux was then the capital of the wine trade and the most important French port, from the expired ships in the Caribbean. In 1946 he was first imported from the wine merchant Michel Dreyfus in the United States. In 1950, the Duchess of Windsor, the one most valued by their drink in the Paris and London society. She ordered the appetizer systematically in all the hotels in which they descended, and should always have a bottle of Lillet carried in luggage. In the 1950s, the Lillet conquered the U.S. market. Who would want to be in New York in the trend, drank Lillet. 1962 was Pierre Lillet Lillet Rouge the specially developed for the U.S. market. In 2006, Sandra Bernhard in the Broadway show "Everything Bad and Beautiful " one mouthful Lillet. In the novel Hannibal Lecter Lillet drinks with a carving Orange and ice, which he also served as Clarice Starling later. 2012 Lillet rosé is brought to market.

Servierarten

Lillet is enjoyed as an aperitif: very cold, on ice and with a carving lime or orange. Lillet should always be served well chilled. But he is also well suited for mixing long drinks or cocktails, such as tonic water or Russian Wild Berry.

In Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace, James Bond can serve a martini with Kina Lillet instead of vermouth, which he later called Vesper. The recipe was first mentioned in Ian Fleming's novel Casino Royale in 1953. Therefore, the recipe refers to the " Kina Lillet ", which is no longer manufactured since 1987.

References

• Website of Lillet

• Spirit