A logical extension to the outstanding Maidenii range comes in this Quinquina aperitif. Produced from Heathcote Viognier grapes as well as fragrant botanicals and citrus, rounded off with the bitter edge of cinchona bark. Pouring a pale straw colour, it offers lovely lifted notes of grapefruit, thyme, cool mint and delicate quinine. A fresh and breezy entry is followed by racy flavours of semi-ripe apricot, pink grapefruit and a delicately bitter, vibrant dried herb / quinine / mint finish that's remarkably long for the genre. Very appetising, this should mix brilliantly.

The aromatic and alluring flavour of a red bitter is relived in the pages of an old manuscript, full of secret formulas and recipes by the Dutchman Petrus Boonekamp and passed down from generation to generation.

A passion-coloured bitter, where selected natural herbs, capable of stimulating the appetite, are mixed with the bitter orange coming from Dutch colonies (Curacao) and the intense taste of fine, rigorously Italian citrus fruits.