Vedrenne Liqueur de Fleur de Sureau (Elderflower) 20% 700ml

Brand: Vedrenne

Release Name: Liqueur de Fleur de Sureau (Elderflower Liqueur)

Spirit Style / Type: French Botanical/Floral Liqueur (Elderflower)

Composition: Liquid Sugar, Water, Alcohol, Natural Flavour, Concentrated Fruit Juices, Natural Elderflower Flavour

Age: Non-Vintage

Volume: 700ml Bottle

Alc / Vol (%): 20.0%

Country: France

Region: Burgundy (Nuits-Saint-Georges)

Production Method: Unique Water-Based Extraction of Hand-Selected Elderflowers, Harvested Late Spring/Early Summer; Entreprise du Patrimoine Vivant Certified

Limited Edition: No (Vedrenne's Standing Liqueur de Fleur de Sureau Release)

Award Winner: Not independently confirmed with a specific competition score for this exact product — Vedrenne as a house receives numerous medals annually across its wider liqueur range, particularly for its SUPERCASSIS Crème de Cassis

Vedrenne has been making liqueurs since 1923 in Nuits-Saint-Georges, in the heart of Burgundy, initially winning recognition for the outstanding quality of its Crèmes de Cassis and fruit liqueurs. Now widely regarded as the third leading French producer of fruit and cocktail liqueurs, and the leader in the upmarket segment for bartenders, mixologists and connoisseurs, Vedrenne combines over a century of expertise with modern processing techniques across a wide range spanning liqueurs, aperitifs, fortified wines, fruit eaux de vie and syrups. The brand operates a museum devoted to Cassis at its main production site, alongside a smaller, more experimental distillery in the Dordogne/Périgord region, and its liqueurs receive numerous international awards each year for exceptional quality.

Elderflower is a genuinely seasonal ingredient, and Vedrenne's version is built specifically around the flower's short window — harvested at the very end of spring and beginning of summer, when the blossoms are at their absolute peak — then extracted using a unique process that draws the flavour directly into water rather than alcohol maceration alone, a technique specifically designed to conserve the full freshness of the delicate flowers rather than losing that fragility to heat or over-extraction. That care has earned Vedrenne genuine industry respect: one specialist US retailer described the house as "a rare example of a producer at the very top of their game," specifically praising Vedrenne's liqueurs as "quality products made from quality ingredients, not the neon coloured, corn syrup laden bottles that torment many cocktail enthusiasts." Elderflower liqueur has become a genuine modern bar staple, largely thanks to the global popularity of St-Germain, and Vedrenne's version offers a well-regarded, more traditionally French alternative built on the same century of maceration and extraction expertise behind the house's celebrated Crème de Cassis. It's an excellent base for a French 75-style spritz, a gin and elderflower cocktail, or simply lengthened with sparkling wine or tonic for an easy, elegant aperitif.