FRESH FRUIT LIQUEURS

Giffard Premium Liqueurs is a family owned company specialised in the making of fine liqueurs and syrups. The production is over 2,600 000 bottles per year. The products are exported in more than 40 countries.

Located in France in the heart of the Loire Valley, the Giffard distillery was founded in 1885 by Emile Giffard, at that time a dispensing pharmacist. Inventive, curious and gourmet, he undertook research on the digestive and refreshing properties of mint. He thereby invented a pure, clear and refined white mint liqueur which he tested with the Grand Hotel's customers, in order to relieve them from heat. Success came at once. Emile changed his pharmacy into a distillery and called his liqueur MENTHE PASTILLE, referring to the mint sweets very famous at that time. Four generations later Giffard is still in the hands of the same family and keeps quality as a motto from the origin.

The company offers a large range of liqueurs — 40 flavours, and syrups. They are the fruit of rigorous quality standard (ISO) and of more than a hundred years of know-how. In every product, Giffard aims at catching the natural taste of the fruit or plant used.

Giffard manufacturing techniques respect traditional methods: fruit maceration and distillation. Each variety of fruit or plant is carefully selected for its flavour, for example all the blackcurrants for Crème de Cassis are bought fresh in the Loire Valley using the most flavoured variety “Noir de Bourgogne” and cherries for Cherry Brandy are “griottes” from South West of France…

Brand Information
The products are mainly created for the professional and cocktail market. The more commonly used liqueurs are: Triple Sec, Blue Curaçao, Apricot, Cacao, Crème de Menthe and Cherry.

Giffard often takes part to cocktail competitions with Bartenders Associations and has created its own annual cocktail competition “The Giffard West Cup”, which is held in Avrillé each year in May with bartenders from France and other countries.

Numerous varieties of fruits and plants have been tested to select only the best, while guaranteeing the origin of the product. Exclusively home-made fruit infusions have been used as well as the best distillations to offer a strong and rich aroma. We have blended aromas with the most appropriate spirits and spices to enrich aromas and obtain a perfect balance, 100 % natural.

Our Seven Premium Flavors:

Mûroise du Val de Loire 18% alc/vol.- 750 ml Made with the slow maceration of “Mûroise” from “Le Verger du Cleray” for a unique flavour of mûroise, a natural hybrid of blackberry and raspberry.

Cassis Noir de Bourgogne 20% alc/vol. 750 ml Made with the slow maceration of “Noir de Bourgogne” Cassis for the high intensity of fruits and full aroma.

Abricot du Roussillon 25% alc/vol. 750 ml Made with the slow maceration of “Rouge du Roussillon” apricots for the perfect intensity of fruits and purity of character.

Banane du Brésil 25% alc/vol. 750 ml A blend of slow maceration of best bananas from Brazil, spirit of bananas for an intense aroma, and a touch of Cognac to add body.

Curaçao Triple Sec 40% alc/vol. 750 ml A perfect blend of finest distilled sweet and bitter curaçao oranges.

Ginger of the Indies 35% alc/vol. 750 ml A natural maceration of best ginger from Asia enhanced with spices for a warm and rich character.

Vanille de Madagascar 20 % alc/vol. 750 ml Exclusively made from natural vanilla from Madagascar for the warm and intense character of the vanilla pods.