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D’Orange Fruit Liqueur

Category: Fruit Liqueur

Date Tasted:
Country: France
Alcohol: 40%
88 Points
Silver Medal
Highly Recommended
$34

Combier
D’Orange Fruit Liqueur

Category: Fruit Liqueur

Date Tasted:
Country: France
Alcohol: 40%
Clear color. Aromas and flavors of valencia orange, tart cherry, gingerbread and marzipan, and honeydew and peppermint with a glycerous, crisp, off-dry medium body and a tingling, medium-length finish displaying notes of candied blood orange peel and raw cane sugar. Sweet candied orange with the slightest touch of bitterness to keep it from being cloying make this a lovely drink modifier with the quality to drink on its own.

Tasting Info

Spirits Glass Style: Spicy & Complex
Aroma Aroma: valencia orange, tart cherry, gingerbread and marzipan, and honeydew and peppermint
Taste Flavor: Same as aromas with notes of candied blood orange peel and raw cane sugar
Smoothness Smoothness: Tingling
Enjoy Enjoy: in cocktails and neat
Cocktail Cocktails: Amaretto Sour, Pimm's Cup
Bottom Line Bottom Line: Sweet candied orange with the slightest touch of bitterness to keep it from being cloying make this a lovely drink modifier with the quality to drink on its own.

The Importer

Cadre Noir Imports

The Importer
350 W. 57th Apt. 16i
New York, NY 10019
USA
1 215-275-5218

Their Portfolio

88 Combier D’Orange Fruit Liqueur 40% (France) $34.00.

Fruit Liqueur

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Serve in a Copita
Fruit liqueurs are produced by two main methods, either purely with fruit juices or sometimes with fruit that has been steeped in alcohol. Numerous fruits are used in the production of fruit liqueurs, such as cherry, strawberry, raspberry, cassis and blackberry. Alcoholic content ranges from 15% to 30%.

These types of fruit liqueurs are produced throughout Europe, from France and Italy to Germany and Denmark. There are also some produced from the Caribbean, namely coconut liqueur.

While many of these fruit liqueurs are medium-sweet or even sweeter, there are some that are quite dry with a light bitterness. Most are meant for consumption on their own, sometimes before a meal, sometimes after.

This is an extremely popular category the world round, as many fruit liqueurs serve as the base of numerous cocktails.