Liquore Brandy e Caffè, Brandy and Coffee Liqueur

Liquore Brandy e Caffè, Brandy and Coffee Liqueur

Spirits

Villa Zarri Brandy and Coffee Liqueur reveals an unusual combination of flavors. This liqueur is obtained by means of infusion with a top-quality coffees one from India, and an Arabic one with very-low acidity called “Plantation A” into Trebbiano-wine-based Brandy that was aged for six years in French oak barrels.

Infusion lasts for very few days, during which ground coffee passes on flavors and aromas to the brandy. At the end, having added some water, to bring the alcoholic strength to the required figure (40°) and some sugar, to soften the bitterness of coffee, the infusion is filtered and allowed to rest for at least one year before bottling it. The result is a product which harmonically combines the chocolate aromas of the extraordinary coffee used and the scents of an aged Villa Zarri wine distillate.

Spirit Details:

Tasting Notes:

These tasting notes for the 23-Years Millesimato 1997 are from Sommelier Paolo Lauciani, a permanent part of the editorial staff of Bibenda magazine.

Color: Dark mahogany with, if held up to the light bright cinnamon.

Bouquet: Its scent is striking due to its excellent refinement and complexity. Toasting is well- defined and the aromatic sensations of coffee fully exert their seduction. Its description is completed by the “sweet” sensations of soft toffee and coconut milk.

Taste: When it is tasted, what had already been sensed by means of olfaction is finally experienced… sensations are mitigated and magnified by a certain discreet and charming sweetness, the end is based on a sweet/bitter marriage which makes you feel like tasting it.

Alcohol: 44%.

Serving Suggestion: This is a drink that is to be savored at the end of a meal as a digestif – at 20°C (68°F), or chilled on warm days with some ice cubes. .

Pairing: Excellent with 70% plain chocolate; traditionally, but always pleasantly, with ice cream.