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Apricot Liqueur - 500ml Description Hawke?s Bay-grown Sundrop Apricots give this full-bodied, delicious Apricot Liqueur the right balance between New Zealand fruitiness and European elegance. By removing all the stones from the fruit, our Apricot Liqueur is free of hydrocyanic acid. 26% alc/vol. Supplied with gift box.This high quality Apricot Liqueur is made by Distillerie Deinlein. These distilled fruit liqueurs are best enjoyed at room temperature to release their natural bouquet.Apricots ? grew wild in China thousands of years ago and were introduced into Persia and Armenia, from where they got their Latin name Prunis armeniaca. Alexander the Great brought apricots to Southern Europe; they were prized by the Romans and Greeks, who called them ?golden eggs of the sun?. They were first successfully cultivated in Northern Europe in the sixteenth century.Sundrop Apricots - As the name suggests, this apricot has a wonderful apricot flavour. It is a large fruit with a beautiful clean, attractive skin. The process of distilling is simple and time honoured.Working closely together with the growers, we try to obtain tree ripened fruit, in order to gain fruit with the best aromas and flavours. We take pride in using only New Zealand grown, mainly organic fruit.By removing all the stones before pulping, we have created a very clean-tasting distillate.After washing and hand-sorting the ripe apricots, we cut out all the stones and then pulp the flesh. The pulped fruit is infused with neutral spirits, a product distilled in New Zealand from fermented whey. This pulp is, after a few days, batch distilled in our copper still. The traditional form of the pot still and the skill of the distiller combine to yield a small amount of pure fruit essence - the natural flavours and aromas of the fruit.Only the heart of the apricot distillate is aged for a minimum of 6 to 12 months before it is blended into Distillerie Deinlein Apricot Liqueur, using only spring water, sugars, and apricot juice ? no artificial flavours or aromas ? only the delicate aroma of ripe apricots.Our discontinuous copper pot still has a capacity of 150L and a column with three adjustable stages; allowing for triple distillation in one step. The copper bowl is filled with the fermented or infused fruit mash. This bowl sits in a water bath, which is heated up, thereby heating the mash in the copper bowl. Pure alcohol starts to evaporate at 78.3 degrees Celsius. At this point the distiller decides when the first run changes to the heart and when, after some hours, the heart changes to the tail. To release the full spectrum of aroma the distillation process has to be very slow.Once blended, our Apricot Liqueur is aged for another few months. All our products are handcrafted, and as such the wax seal, the copper and paua shell is all hand applied. Paua shell was traditionally used by Maori to illuminate the eyes of their carvings and artwork. Paua shell is the most colourful of all the abalone shells; others pale in comparison. The dominant blues and greens intermix with tones of pink, crimson and purple. This kaleidoscope of colours changes when lighting varies or when viewed from different angles. The lustre is similar to that of Mother of Pearl shell, but much more vibrantly coloured. NZ SHOPPING for APRICOT LIQUEUR and other NEW ZEALAND GIFTS Sale Price USD$45.10