Mandarin Liqueur - 70cl 35°
''Doulce France'' Range
Paul Devoille Artisan Distillery - René de Miscault
Cave de France's take: An artisanal liqueur with powerful citrus aromas, revealing all the fruity richness and freshness of carefully selected mandarins.
At around 35% alcohol, it combines natural sweetness and zesty vivacity, offering an intense and luminous taste experience, less sweet than some other fruit liqueurs while maintaining a beautiful roundness.
This liqueur can be enjoyed neat, chilled or on ice, and can also be used to add a fruity touch to cocktails or desserts, highlighting its aromatic palette of vibrant citrus fruits. It embodies the distillery's traditional expertise, where the maceration of mandarins in alcohol and then blending result in a drink that is both refined and expressive, representative of the artisanal spirit of this Alsatian house's fruit liqueurs.
The René de Miscault house is a family-run French distillery with ancient roots in the world of spirits. Today, it is based in Lapoutroie in Alsace, but its activity dates back to a company founded in 1859 in Fougerolles, known as Distillerie Paul Devoille, specializing in the distillation of fruits and brandies. Throughout the 20th century, the distillery evolved, with innovations such as the granting of distillation rights for certain fruits in the 1950s and the creation of the Doulce France brand by Raymond Gouttefroy, who notably developed a raspberry liqueur exported to Canada.
In the 1980s, René de Miscault, originally from Alsace, took over the company, modernized its facilities, expanded its product range (including liqueurs such as genepi, brandies, absinthes, and other spirits), and opened the distillery to the public. He also founded the Museum of Eaux-de-Vie in Lapoutroie, a place dedicated to the history of distillation and collections related to artisanal spirits. The management is now continued by his family, maintaining traditional know-how while developing new recipes and winning awards in national and international competitions.