Mathilde Poire Pear Liqueur

Mathilde Poire is the pear liqueur from Maison Ferrand, the Cognac house behind Pierre Ferrand Cognac, Plantation rum, and Pierre Ferrand Dry Curaçao, produced at Château de Bonbonnet in the Cognac region. The fruit is the Bon-Chrétien Williams pear — Bartlett, to Americans — picked for its golden skin and juicy flesh. Rather than simply steeping fruit in spirit, Ferrand presses the pears to juice, ferments it, and distills it, then lifts the distillate with a touch of quince, an intensely aromatic cousin of the pear that sharpens the fruit character. A week-long maceration follows, and it's bottled at 18% ABV (36 proof). In the glass it's pale gold with a fresh, crisp nose of ripe pear and white flowers; the palate is fuller than the aroma suggests, clean pear sweetness held in check by a bright finish, so it never turns syrupy. Light enough to sip chilled on its own, it's a natural in a pear Bellini with sparkling wine, a pear martini with vodka or gin, a spritz with soda water, or in white rum cocktails, and it drizzles beautifully over poached fruit and desserts.

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