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Lillet

Lillet
Rouge

Category: Wine Specialty

Date Tasted:
Country: France
Alcohol: 17%
89 Points
Silver Medal
Highly Recommended
$11
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Lillet
Rouge

Category: Wine Specialty

Date Tasted:
Country: France
Alcohol: 17%
Dark garnet color. Fruity, herbal aromas and flavors of bouquet of green herbs and chives, red grape skins and crushed blueberries, wisp of baking spices, and hint of lavender and cedar with a supple, crisp, fruity medium body and a peppery, buoyant finish with accents of spiced apples, cherries and melon rind, dried pear, and pepper jam. A pleasant red-wine-based aperitif for cocktails and Kir Royales.

Tasting Info

Spirits Glass Style: Fruity, Spicy & Spirity
Aroma Aroma: bouquet of green herbs and chives, red grape skins and crushed blueberries, wisp of baking spices, and hint of lavender and cedar
Taste Flavor: Same as aromas with accents of spiced apples, cherries and melon rind, dried pear, and pepper jam
Smoothness Smoothness: Peppery
Enjoy Enjoy: in cocktails and on the rocks
Cocktail Cocktails: Bramble, Rum Punch
Bottom Line Bottom Line: A pleasant red-wine-based aperitif for cocktails and Kir Royales.

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Wine Specialty

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Serve in a Copita
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