Raspberry - Giffard

Giffard is a family-owned French liqueur house founded in Angers, in the Loire Valley, in 1885 by Emile Giffard, a pharmacist who originally developed a peppermint liqueur for digestive purposes.

Today the company remains one of the most respected producers of fruit liqueurs in France, known for using high-quality natural ingredients and avoiding artificial flavourings.

Their Raspberry liqueur is made using the maceration of fresh raspberries, allowing the fruit to express itself with a directness that many competitors using concentrates cannot achieve. The result is a liqueur that tastes genuinely of the fruit rather than a confected version of it.

The colour is a deep, vivid red, and the sweetness is balanced enough to make it useful across a range of applications. Bartenders reach for Giffard raspberry regularly when building cocktails that call for fruit liqueurs, including classics like the Kir or modern builds involving gin, sparkling wine, or vodka.

It also works well added to Champagne or prosecco for aperitif service, and a small pour over vanilla ice cream is a straightforward and effective use. At this price point it sits well above entry-level fruit cordials and reflects the quality of sourcing and production behind it.

For a home bar or a professional one, it is a reliable and honest product from a producer with genuine credibility.