Cointreau Noir
Cointreau with a dark side. The famous orange liqueur combined with Rémy Martin cognac and enriched with nuts and almond. Warmer and fuller than the original, and the Cointreau you drink neat.
Orange meets cognac
Cointreau Noir combines two French classics: Cointreau orange liqueur and Rémy Martin cognac. The sweet and bitter orange peels from the original are complemented by the soft aroma of cognac. The recipe is also enriched with a macerate of nuts and almond for greater depth.
Where regular Cointreau is colorless and mainly belongs in cocktails, Noir is golden with an amber glow and rich enough to drink neat. The alcohol content is the same: 40%. Think of it as Cointreau's digestif version, which also shines in cognac cocktails such as the Sidecar.
In brief
Warm, round and nutty
Orange and cognac
Sweet and bitter orange, carried by the warmth of cognac.
Vanilla and honey
Round and balanced, with spices softened by vanilla and honey.
Nuts and almond
A silky-smooth finish in which nut and almond flavors linger.
Flavor profile of Cointreau Noir neat. With ice, the orange becomes fresher and the cognac softer.
Three ways to drink Cointreau Noir
Noir is the Cointreau you can drink without a mixer. But it also makes classic cognac cocktails more complete.
Neat as a digestif
30 ml at room temperature in a small cognac glass, after dinner. Warm the glass in your hand for a moment; this brings out the cognac, vanilla and nut flavors best.
Cognac glasses →On the rocks with orange
50 ml Noir over a large ice cube in a tumbler, with an orange zest. Fresh at first, with a warm finish.
Tumblers →Noir Sidecar
Shake 40 ml cognac, 25 ml Cointreau Noir and 20 ml lemon juice vigorously with ice, then strain into a coupe with a sugar rim. Deeper and rounder than with regular Cointreau.
To the recipe →Cocktails with Cointreau Noir
Noir works best in cocktails with dark spirits and little juice, where the cognac and nut flavors can be appreciated.
Sidecar
Cognac, orange liqueur and lemon. With Noir, there is cognac in both ingredients.
Brandy Alexander
Cognac, crème de cacao and cream. A splash of Noir adds a hint of orange.
Old Fashioned
Replace the sugar with 10 ml Noir: whisky, bitters and orange with a nutty smoothness.
Cocktails with orange
All cocktails in which orange takes center stage.The right glass for Cointreau Noir
A small cognac or liqueur glass for drinking neat, a tumbler for on the rocks and a coupe for the Sidecar.
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