Kir Aperitif

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Serve in
a Goblet glass...
2½ shot Bourgogne Aligoté wine white
¾ shot Lejay Noir de Bourgogne Creme de Cassis BUY
2½ shot Bourgogne Aligoté wine white
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How to make:

POUR half the chilled wine into chilled glass. POUR cassis into glass and TOP with rest of the chilled wine.

Garnish:

None

Comment:

Traditionally made 1/3 cassis to 2/3 wine, that's too sweet for most modern palates. We recommend a ratio of one part cassis to between five and seven parts Bourgogne Aligoté white wine (13.5% to 20% cassis). The above formula is closer to 7:1 and at this concentration the mix of blackcurrant and wine is clean, crisp and not too sweet.

Variant:

Kir Royale with champagne in place of Bourgogne Aligoté white wine.

Origin:

The Kir aperitif is thought to have first been mixed in 1904 by a waiter called Faivre at the Café George, 42 Rue de Montchapet, Dijon, France. It is named after Canon Félix Kir, who as the Mayor of Dijon promoted the drink by serving at civic functions.

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Kir and Kir Royale cocktail

Sometimes called the ‘Kir Cocktail’ but more properly termed ‘Kir aperitif’ or simply Kir, this drink consists of just two ingredients, crème de cassis and chilled Bourgogne Aligoté white...

Aligoté

Bourgogne Aligoté

Bourgogne Aligoté is an Appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) white wine produced from the Aligoté grape variety in the France’s Burgundy region. The wine tends to be light and acidic in style...

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White wine

White wine is produced through the fermentation of the pulp of grapes and as grapes are naturally chemically balanced to ferment without requiring additional sugars, acids, enzymes or other nutrients...

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