What do you mix with Lillet Rouge?

Lillet Tonic Rouge

• 1.5 Parts Lillet Rouge.
• 3 Parts Tonic Water.
• 3 Large Ice Cubes.
• Orange Slices.

How do you use Lillet Rouge?

In a cocktail shaker, muddle cherries lightly. Add Lillet Rouge, gin, and bitters. Fill with ice and shake vigorously for 10 seconds. Pour into a collins glass, including the ice.

How long does Lillet last opened?

Once opened, our best advice is to refrigerate it. Even better if you use a vacuum sealing cork. Under these conditions a wine based aperitif can stay quite fresh for up to 2 months (though one month to six weeks is the more common, on-the-safe-side advice).

Does unopened Lillet go bad?

Lillet Rouge (red) will last the longest—up to a month—while the Blanc and Rosé styles will only go for a few weeks. Alternatively, Cocchi Rosa, the red-wine-based aperitif, will last longer than the white varietal.

What does Lillet Rouge taste like?

Lillet Rouge is ruby red in color with a bit of ambering at the edges. It is intensely fruity, with aromas and flavors of raspberry and cherry, then spicy notes of ginger and cardamom that give way to a slight quinine bitterness.

Is Lillet Rouge a sweet vermouth?

“Lillet behaves a bit like a sweet vermouth in a martini,” Cloutier says, “but it’s very much its own thing.” Nevertheless, the attraction remains: We enjoy subbing Lillet rouge (released in 1962, $18) for sweet vermouth in Negronis, and sipping Lillet blanc ($18) on the rocks with a twist of orange.

What is Lillet Rouge?

It is a blend of 85\% Bordeaux region wines (Semillon for the Blanc and for the Rosé, Merlot for the Rouge) and 15\% macerated liqueurs, mostly citrus liqueurs (peels of sweet oranges from Spain and Morocco and peels of bitter green oranges from Haiti). The mix is then stirred in oak vats until blended.

Can you drink Lillet straight?

The French often drink Lillet by itself, chilled neat or on the rocks, just as many Italians would enjoy a vermouth. But straight-up, Lillet is more delicate than a white vermouth, tasting much more like a wine. You can see why many French enjoy a small glass of Lillet, with 17 percent alcohol, after work.

How do the French drink Lillet?

Lillet is an aperitif wine (a blend of Bordeaux wines and citrus liqueur), intended to be served well chilled at 6–8 °C (43–46 °F). In France, Lillet is usually served on ice with a slice of orange, or a lemon or lime peel.

Which Lillet is the best?

Lillet Blanc is arguably the most famous of the range, a dry-style aperitif which is pale straw in colour, with citrus tones and herbal notes.

Is Lillet Rouge aperitif?

Up now: the red wine-based aperitif, Lillet Rouge. A lightly spiced, bitter aperitif wine, Lillet Rouge is often overlooked within the Lillet family, passed over in favor of its brighter, pastel-hued siblings.

What are the different types of Lillet?

There are three types of Lillet: Blanc, Rouge and Rosé. Blanc (or Kina Lillet as it was known for its first 100 years) is the most well known Lillet product out there, and the one normally called for in classic cocktails. Rouge was introduced in United States in the 1960s to coincide with the growing demand for red wines.

What is the best way to mix Lillet?

Use it in a 50/50 split with a bitter aperitivo. There is really no wrong way! Lillet has a rich history in cocktail mixing as an ingredient that’s hard to get wrong. Lillet is so naturally pleasant, that even if you were to use too much, you’d still wind up with a perfectly drinkable cocktail.

What is a good cocktail to pair with liquidlillet?

Lillet isn’t as rich as some sweet vermouths, but it does have a nice dose of sweetness. This makes it a pretty great fit to be a goldilocks cocktail between the two mentioned above. Other names being taken – The Gin & French seems quite fitting. We paired it with a French gin, to really drive the point home (or to France).