Framboise
⏳ Drinking Window
Best enjoyed chilled between 6°C and 8°C as a digestif, splashed into Crémant d'Alsace for an authentic Kir Alsacien, or drizzled over fruit sorbet.
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Kir Alsacien with dry sparkling wine, dark chocolate raspberry ganache tart, or alongside a lemon verbena panna cotta.
✨ Technical Specifications
Crafted through the traditional maceration of ripe raspberries (Rubus idaeus) in neutral agricultural alcohol followed by precision sweetening, this traditional Alsatian fruit liqueur captures fresh berry vibrancy without wood influence. The production relies on stainless steel holding tanks to safeguard the intense aromatic volatiles and natural tart red fruit characteristics typical of regional distillation craft.
🍾 About the Producer
Established in 1959 at the southern gateway of the Route des Vins d'Alsace, La Cave du Vieil-Armand takes its name from the legendary Hartmannswillerkopf peak, where local winegrowers united after the devastation of World War I to revive the region's historic slopes. Today, this cooperative unites approximately 75 to 80 winegrowing families managing roughly 150 hectares spread across the sub-Vosgian hills between Cernay and Guebwiller. Viticulture benefits from east-to-south exposures, sheltering Vosges microclimates, and diverse clay-limestone and marno-sandstone topsoils, prominently exemplified in the Grand Cru Ollwiller and the historical Château Ollwiller estate. Farmed under Haute Valeur Environnementale (HVE 3) guidelines with expanding certified organic parcels, the estate focuses on terroir-driven precision and purity of varietal fruit. Winemaking emphasizes gentle handling and temperature-controlled stainless steel vinification, yielding expressive dry bottlings, classic Crémant d'Alsace, and celebrated, botrytis-affected Gewurztraminer and Pinot Gris Vendanges Tardives and Sélections de Grains Nobles.
🍇 Base Material
Raspberry
🍷 ABV
18%