Lillet Blanc, Bordeaux
Regular Price $21.99
Sale price $16.99
In 1872, Raymond and Paul Lillet, fine wines, liquors and spirits merchants, funded Maison Lillet. They created the first and only aperitif from Bordeaux, the Lillet (called Kina Lillet until the 1970s), a blend of wines and fruit macerations crafted in Podensac cellars. Sniff and you’ll notice the semillon aged in oak casks, followed by a strong orange aroma with a touch of floral. Lillet Blanc goes down sweet with honey and candied orange followed by a nice cleansing floral and mint flavor. The finish is bitter with pine resin and lingers with honey and fresh citrus.
Yzaguirre Dry Reserva Vermouth, Catalonia
Regular Price $29.99
Sale price $23.99
From the oldest vermouth house in Spain. Aged for 12 months in large oak casks. Floral on the nose, with notes of honeysuckle, chamomile, and Meyer lemon. Griping acidity to achieve a balanced finish with subtle nuance. Excellent paired with a highly botanical Gin or used as its own base.
Leopold Brothers Aperitivo, Colorado
Regular price: 39.99
Sale Price: 32.99
In line with the traditional Italian style, the spirit centers around major flavor components: bitterness from gentian root and sweetness from cane sugar. The addition of distilled coriander and grapefruit peels gives Leopold Bros. Aperitivo a bright, citrus aroma. These components are mixed with a variety of fragrant flowering botanicals, including hyssop and Artemisia pontica and colored with natural cochineal, which adds the vibrant red color that one expects.
Lillet Rouge, Bordeaux
Regular Price $21.99
Sale price $16.99
Cabernet & Merlot blended and aged in oak before the addition of fruit liqueurs and cinchona bark. It has notes of ripe dark fruits and tannins which give it a mild bitterness similar to Italian-style aperitifs and its more robust character.
Yzaguirre Rojo Reserva Vermouth, Catalonia
Regular Price $29.99
Sale price $23.99
Sweet and spicy with balsamic, orange and cinnamon flavors and aromas. Aromatic and intense, it’s perfectly balanced and finishes with crisp and refreshing acidity
Bonal Gentiane-Quina, French Alps
Regular price: 22.99
Sale Price: 17.99
This aperitif wine is know in France as “ouvre l’appétit” or the key to the appetite. it’s an infusion of gentian root, cinchona (quinine) and herbs of the Grand Chartreuse mountains, all in a Mistelle base (fortified wine). Mistelle is the result of adding alcohol (usually brandy) to the juice of crushed grapes rather than fermenting them to produce the alcohol. The mid-palette contains the bitter elements from the gentian root and cinchona. It finishes sweet with grapes and hints of cherry and licorice.