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Xtabentún Green Anise & Honey Liqueur

Category: Anise Liqueur

Date Tasted:
Country: USA
Alcohol: 30%
90 Points
Gold Medal
Exceptional
$34

Casa D’Aristi
Xtabentún Green Anise & Honey Liqueur

Category: Anise Liqueur

Date Tasted:
Country: USA
Alcohol: 30%
Green color. Aromas and flavors of anise, dried candied flowers, clean linen, and mint with a syrupy, lively, sweet full body and an interesting, medium-long finish with suggestions of honey, elderflower syrup, and good and plenty. Like a honey licorice candy with a lightly boozy backbone; use as a sweetener in cocktails.

Tasting Info

Spirits Glass Style: Rich & Full
Aroma Aroma: anise, dried candied flowers, clean linen, and mint
Taste Flavor: Same as aromas with suggestions of honey, elderflower syrup, and good and plenty
Smoothness Smoothness: Normal
Enjoy Enjoy: in cocktails and on the rocks
Cocktail Cocktails: Amaretto Sour, Pimm's Cup
Bottom Line Bottom Line: Like a honey licorice candy with a lightly boozy backbone; use as a sweetener in cocktails.
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The Importer

Preiss Imports, LLC

The Importer
432 Maple Street, Suite 4
Ramona, CA 92065
USA
1 760-789-9000
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Anise Liqueur

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Serve in a Copita
About
Anise Liqueur
Anise-Flavored Spirits can vary widely in style depending on the country of origin. They can be dry or very sweet, low or high proof, distilled from fermented aniseed or macerated in neutral spirit. In France, Anis (as produced by Pernod) is produced by distilling anise and a variety of other botanicals together. Pastis is macerated, rather than distilled, and contains fewer botanicals than Anis. In Italy, Sambucca is distilled from anise and botanicals, but is then heavily sweetened to make it a liqueur. Oil of fennel (also known as green anise) is frequently added to boost the aroma of the spirit. Greece has a drier, grappa-like liqueur called Ouzo, which is stylistically close to pastis.

Casa D’Aristi Xtabentún Green Anise & Honey Liqueur rating was calculated by to be 90 points out of 100 on 9/17/2024. Please note that MSRP may have changed since the date of our review.