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Lillet (French pronunciation: ()) classed as an aromatised wine within EU law, is a French aperitif wine from Podensac, a small village south of Bordeaux. It is a blend of 85% Bordeaux region wines (Semillon for the Blanc and for the Rosé, Merlot for the Rouge) and 15% macerated liqueurs handcrafted on site, mostly citrus liqueurs (peels of sweet oranges from Spain and Morocco and peels of bitter green oranges from Haiti) and Quinine liqueur made of Cinchona bark from Peru. The mix is then stirred in oak vats until blended. During the ageing process, Lillet is handled as a Bordeaux wine (undergoing fining, racking, filtering etc.). Lillet belongs to a family of aperitifs known as tonic wines because of the addition of Quinine liqueur. ==History== In 1872, the brothers Paul and Raymond Lillet, distillers and merchants of wines and spirits, founded their company ''La Maison Lillet'' in the town of Podensac, South of Bordeaux, France. The idea of making aperitifs in Bordeaux came from Father Kermann, a doctor who left Brazil at the beginning of Louis XVI's reign. Back in France, he settled in Bordeaux, where he produced liqueurs and fortifiers from plants such as quinine. During that time, Bordeaux became one of the most important places for the European wine business.〔Lillet 1862-1985 Le pari d'un entreprise girondine, Olivier Londeix, Presses universitaires de Bordeaux, p13-29〕 It also represented France's main harbour for products imported from the Caribbean Islands. At the end of 19th century, people developed a great fear of illness as a direct consequence of the discoveries made by Louis Pasteur (1822-1895). Nevertheless, "Wine", Pasteur said, "can be considered with good reason as the most healthful and the most hygienic of all beverages". As a result, tonic wines (with Quinine) became very popular as Quinine was used to fight fevers and ease Malaria symptoms. In this context, the Lillet brothers decided to conquer the expanding market of Tonic Wines. They soon realized that the only way to make the difference was the creation of a new distinctive brand. In 1887, Pierre and Raymond Lillet therefore created Kina Lillet. Originally Blanc, when all other aperitifs were red, Lillet was the only aperitif from a specific geographic location, one of the most famous, the Bordeaux region, or more precisely Great Sauternes region (at that time Sauternes was covering appellations that are now considered as Bordeaux or Graves’s appellation). During the 1920s, Lillet exports greatly increased in Europe and Africa.〔Lillet 1862-1985 Le pari d'un entreprise girondine, Olivier Londeix, Presses universitaires de Bordeaux, p157-165〕 Besides, the brand became very famous in France, especially thanks to efficient advertising campaigns.〔Lillet 1862-1985 Le pari d'un entreprise girondine, Olivier Londeix, Presses universitaires de Bordeaux, p141-156〕 At the same time, Lillet was served on transatlantic liners, part of the reason for its success with the high society in New York. Indeed, Lillet conquered New York high society and American bartenders, who used it for crafting fashionable cocktails. In 1962, Pierre Lillet, grandson of Raymond, keen to capitalize on America’s growing taste for red wine, created Lillet Rouge specially for the American market. Kina Lillet was reformulated in 1986〔http://drinks.seriouseats.com/2011/02/what-is-cocchi-aperitivo-americano-aperitif-cocktails-drinks.html〕 and rebranded as Lillet Blanc, a “fresher, fruitier, and less bitter” concoction.〔http://savoystomp.com/2008/01/31/the-quest-for-kina-lillet/〕 Cocchi Americano is generally considered to be the nearest contemporary drink to the original recipe Kina Lillet and is often used as a substitute for it in cocktails.〔 (cocchi americano « liquor is quicker ) 〕〔 (What's the Deal with Cocchi Aperitivo Americano? | Serious Eats: Drinks )〕〔 (Case Study | Cocchi Americano: Waking the Dead - NYTimes.com ) 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lillet」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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