Two types of peach - vine peach and white peach - are used to make Mathilde Peche. Vine peaches are small, with richly flavored bright red flesh. A variety highly sensitive to diseases of the vine, winegrowers around Lyon and in Charente would plant this peach in their vineyards to warn them of the appearance of mold. Vine peaches are very juicy despite their small size, with an intense and seductive flavor. White peaches are fleshy and juicy, with a pleasant scent and a lovely soft mouthfeel.
For Mathilde Pear, only Williams Bon Chrétien pears, grown mainly in the orchards of the Loire Valley’s Anjou region, are used. The region is well known throughout France for its mild climate, a nice balance between sunshine and rainfall, which enables the fruit to ripen well. Pears are a timid, subtle fruit. To conserve the pears’ distinctive aroma, the liqueur is made from a distillate (distillation of pear cider) subsequently enriched with a steeped fruit and alcohol mixture. This process creates a spirit whose aromatic properties correspond perfectly to those of the fruit flesh. Mathilde Pear is 18% alcohol/volume.
Several varieties of raspberry are used to make Mathilde Framboise. Some are from Scotland, well-known for its berry fruit like Glen Prosen, Glen Moy and Glen Clova which illustrate the country's wealth of fruit. Rose de Plombières, grown in the Hautes Côtes de Bourgogne, gives the liqueur delicacy, while Violette de Bouze completes the rich and complex bouquet.
Two types of peach - vine peach and white peach - are used to make Mathilde Pêche. Vine peaches are small, with richly flavored bright red flesh. A variety highly sensitive to diseases of the vine, winegrowers around Lyon and in Charente would plant this peach in their vineyards to warn them of the appearance of mold. Vine peaches are very juicy despite their small size, with an intense and seductive flavor. White peaches are fleshy and juicy, with a pleasant scent and a lovely soft mouthfeel.
The Cognac Ferrand brand doesn’t just sell its cognac on its own, it also mixes the spirit with fruit infusions to create cognac-based liqueurs. We tried the company’s Orange XO, one of five liqueurs the company sells.