What is Lillet?
Lillet: French wine aperitif with fruit liqueurs.
- Category
- Wine & vermouth
- Taste
- Honeyed orange, light and fruity.
- Strength
- 17% ABV
- Similar to
- Cocchi Americano, blanc vermouth
- Also called
- lillet blanc, lillet rosé
The story
Lillet was created in 1872 near Bordeaux. The original Kina Lillet was the one Bond ordered in his Vesper in Casino Royale (1953). It was reformulated and made less bitter in 1986.