Kir

Kir

  • Type
    Wine cocktail
  • Primary alcohol by volume
    Wine
  • Served
    Straight up
  • Standard drinkware
    Wine Glass
  • IBA specified ingredients
    9 parts white wine
    1 part creme de cassis
  • Preparation
    Add the crème de cassis to the bottom of the glass, then top up with wine.
  • Timing
    Before Dinner

Kir is a popular French cocktail made with a measure of creme de cassis topped up with white wine.

In France it is usually drunk as an aperitif before a meal or snack.

It was originally made with Bourgogne Aligote, a white wine of Burgundy, but today various white wines are used throughout France, according to the region and the barkeeper.

References
Kir (cocktail)

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