NV L'Abricot du Roulot Liqueur 25%
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Unbeknownst to Jean-Marc, his father Guy Roulot had been producing an apricot liqueur for many years before his passing. Upon discovering 12 dusty bottles in the back of a cellar, Jean-Marc set about recreating his father's recipe from instinct alone. Today, it is made from certified organic Bergeron apricots from the Rhône Valley orchards of Laurent Combier (of Domaine Combier). Once pitted, the apricots are left to infuse in neutral spirit for a few months. The purity of expression is remarkable here – the nose opens with that precise bold freshness of a fresh apricot. There’s a vibrancy with exactness, the impression of the stalk and a nuttiness from the stone, too. The palate continues, opening up into a juicy celebration of just-picked apricots. A rush of flavour coats the mouth, the weight of both the sugar (160g/l) and alcohol (25%) bringing a generous texture that’s elevated by the natural tartness of the fruit – never straying into cloying. The plentiful finish remains authentic, while perhaps introducing a dusting of very gentle sweet spices.
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Antonio Galloni, Vinous
Antonio Galloni, Vinous
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The Eau de Vie L’Abricot du Roulot is an explosive, heady spirit endowed with soaring aromatics and intense, red-toned fruit that just builds over time. There’s real density and textural richness here. The long, sustained finish is a thing of beauty. The Abricot is a blend of several varieties of apricot that in time might be bottled separately. It is very good, dangerously good in far.
The Liqueur d’Abricot is made from a single variety of apricot from Bergerac (as opposed to several for the eau de vie) and done with macerated fruit only. It offers a huge explosion of sweet red and orange fruits, rose petal, cinnamon and mint. It has about 160 grams of residual sugar (30 more than the Citron) and yet it comes across as less sweet an also airier in texture. I find it absolutely alluring.
About the producer
Domaine Roulot is one of the most respected wine estates of Meursault, famed for producing some of the world’s finest Chardonnay.