Giffard Mandarine (Mandarin) bar liqueur /35%/0.7l

The Giffards come from the Loire Valley and for years were involved in the textile trade. The first to break with the family tradition was Émile Giffard, a graduate of the Faculty of Pharmacy at the University of Poitiers.

Shortly after his studies, he returned to his hometown and opened a pharmacy in the center of Angers. Émile was equally devoted to developing recipes for panaceas and alcoholic beverages. His first drink was called Chottin, a bitter aperitif based on quinine. However, the breakthrough in his career came in 1885 with the creation of Menthe-Pastille, and consequently, his career changed from a chemist to a distiller. The company he founded remains in the hands of the family to this day and is managed by his great-great-grandsons, Bruno and Edith Giffard. They produce dozens of liqueurs and as many bar syrups using mainly local fruits and botanicals, which they subject to the traditional maceration process.

The Giffard Liqueur de Mandarine presented here is distilled using tangerine peels. Its palette balances the sweetness of the tangerines with slightly tart citrus notes. Giffard recommends serving it in a Man-Bour-Tini cocktail mixed with bourbon, simple syrup, lime juice, and cranberry juice.