Manzana Verde (Pomme Verte / Green Apple) Edmond Briottet 18%

Wine information: Maison Briottet is a family business, founded in 1836. Originally, the family were primarily negociants of Burgundy wine, involved with ageing, blending, bottling and selling the wines. Following the development of the blanc cassis aperitif (white wine with Crème de Cassis), the company progressively focused its activities on producing fruit crèmes, liquors, brandies and marcs de Bourgogne. The current managing director, Gérard Briottet, represents the fourth generation, and maintains the tradition started by his great grandfather, Edmond Briottet. Maison Briottet maintains a very high level of quality. It is the selection of the ripest fruit from the most suitable cultivars that provides for the finest flavours; therefore contracting the right growers to produce the correct fruit is the first step on the ladder. Subsequently, properly observed maceration with very pure neutral alcohol, and blending with the correct proportion of sugars to achieve the balance between fruit flavour, sweetness, acidity and alcohol create these excellent crèmes and liqueurs. "Manzana verde" means green apple in Spanish. Briottet Manzana Verde brings out the sweet and fruity, heady strength of the wild apples picked in the Basque mountains. Briottet Manzana Verde has zesty, green apple juice and freshly peeled skins with just a touch of pear drops on the nose. Sweet, with balancing acidity on the palate and flavours of crisp green apples and clear apple juice, not sour. It is very fresh and very long on the palate. Manzana is served chilled, pure, on ice, or in cocktails. Try the Chamanex: 1/2 Manzana – 1/4 cane sugar – 1/4 strawberry syrup.

 
     

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