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Longer aging in smaller barrels means that St Remy is one of the smoothest Brandies on the market. Lovely toasty characters add to the smooth finish. The perfect edition to any Christmas pudding

Sainte Louise Napoleon French Brandy is a blend of French grape brandies which have matured in oak casks until reaching bottling age. Beautiful aroma, full bodied and smooth. Enjoy neat or with your favourite mixer.

Introduced in France in the fifteenth century, the apricot was only really adopted three centuries later. The fleshy fruits from the Mont du Lyonnais (near Lyons) are harvested very ripe once the summer sunshine has guaranteed their sugar content and beautiful orangy-red colour.

The Massenez family started distilling in Alsace in the 1870s. Credited for being the first to distill wild raspberries, the distillery became famous for capturing the essence of fruit in its purest form. Made from 100% pure fruit, this liqueur has great intensity and is a perfect base to cocktails or simply served with your favourite mixer.

Pommeau de Normandie is a blend made of three parts of fresh cider apple juice and one part of calvados. The appellation requires a minimum ageing of 14 months in oak barrels after the blend is made. However this is aged from three to four years. This extra ageing enables Comte Louis de Lauriston to obtain a better balance with no apparent alcohol. Its apple aromas, fruit exuberance and moderate sweetness make it many people's favoured aperitif.

During the 18th century this elixir enabled Swedish doctor, Claus Samst, to heal the poor, vagrants, workers and anyone who had difficult lives. After much research and hours of hard work he compiled a manuscript describing 46 diseases that could be healed with this elixir. In 1821, Joseph Chavasse, founder of La Maison Dolin, saved the elixir from extinction by marketing it under the name Suédois Dolin in memory of the famous doctor. Its recipe has remained unchanged.

Colour: amber with caramel highlights. Scent: chestnut, vanilla, slightly toasted. Flavour: fruity, sweet, with an elegant savour of lightly toasted chestnut and a tasty vanilla finish.

Colour: shiny and colourless. Scent: very aromatic, exotic with a touch of raspberry. Flavour: very fruity, powerful and elegant.