Chambord Black Raspberry Liqueur

Chambord's round bottle holds three berries, not one: raspberries, blackberries and blackcurrants, steeped whole in French spirit for several weeks, then pressed and given a second infusion. The fruit is finished with Madagascan vanilla, Moroccan citrus peel, honey, ginger, clove and cinnamon, and the recipe includes XO cognac. It launched in 1982, inspired by a raspberry liqueur made in the Loire Valley in the late 1600s, and it is bottled at 16.5%.

It pours a deep plum color and smells of black cherry and jam. The palate is lightly sweet, with candied berry and a gentle warmth from the cognac.

If you keep one berry liqueur on the shelf, make it this one. It has the depth to stand up in a cocktail and is soft enough to sip on ice.

The house serve is the French Martini: half a part Chambord, one and a half parts vodka and two parts pineapple juice, shaken hard and strained. A splash in a glass of sparkling wine works too.

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