No 647 German Rose - Ghost

The scent of roses has fascinated mankind since ancient times. The Greeks gave it the title "Queen of Flowers". And so it is not surprising that human ingenuity in the form of the Persians worked so hard on this raw material until it was possible to condense the steam from boiling rose petals using an alambic, a copper helmet - the beginning of the age of distillation. The aim here was to obtain a flavored water that could be used for freshening. Even today, the essential rose oil produced from fresh petals and the rose absolute extracted from flower buds are among the most valuable perfume raw materials in the world. So it's no surprise that the scents of the fresh organic flowers of various varieties from a famous German rose-growing region hit us with full force. If only it were possible to bring them into a spirit! And what would it taste like? These are the questions that always arise at the beginning of product development. In the case of the rose, the answer was particularly exciting, because during the tastings, one distillate was ahead on the nose, the other on the palate. And so we decided to use both wild roses that have been cultivated here for centuries. The result is a heavenly spirit with a lingering rose scent and taste accompanied by tea and honey-like spicy notes, which owes its power to citronellol, geraniol and farnesol in combination with rose oxide and 2-phenylethanol. Cocktails will enjoy it just as much as desserts and dressings or dishes from Arabic or French cuisine.