![]() ![]() Perhaps one of the most popular Lillet based cocktails, is the “Vesper”, which made its first appearance in 1953 in the first James Bond Novel “Casino Royale”, by Ian Fleming. There aren’t many cocktails which call for Lillet, it is more commonly served on the rocks with a twist of lemon, and as such it is a wonderful aperitif. Kina was dropped from the name many years ago. Originally, Lillet was referred to as “Kina Lillet”, where kina is the Peruvian word for “bark of the cinchona tree”, which is used to produce quinine. While vermouth manufacturers will use the same (white) wine, just different herbs and spiced to differentiate their white and red vermouths, Lillet uses the exact same spice mixture in both their white and red Lillet, just using a white Bordeaux wine for Lillet Blanc, and a red Bordeaux wine for Lillet Rouge. Lillet comes in both a white (Blanc) and red (Rouge) version. Created in the late 1800’s, it originally had a lot more quinine, but in the mid 1980’s the recipe was modified to produce a more approachable balance of flavors. ![]() There are a variety of fruits, herbs, and spices that make up the proprietary recipe for Lillet, one of those spices is quinine, the same ingredient found in tonic water, and this gives an ever-so-slight bitterness to the product. ![]() Lillet is an often overlooked ingredient, while technically it may not be considered a vermouth, like a vermouth it is a aromatized and fortified wine. ![]()
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