The Oriental Twist... With a French Touch

Rooted in the bartending world and inspired by Middle  Eastern / Mediterranean culture and gastronomy, Le Nar is a French Vermouth with an Oriental Twist. Le Nar (from Turkish Pomegranate) is a premium Vermouth brand, evoking local eastern flavors and memories of the famous İstanbul Spice Bazaar

Le Nar Vermouth was at first inspired by travels:  wandering about spice bazaars from Marrakech  Medina to Istanbul. Nourished by the narratives of friends about the existence of unique ingredients here and there across Middle east and Mediterranean shores. It was also inspirited by the reading of writers such as Joseph Kessel, Pierre Loti, and Amin Maalouf, envisioning their descriptions of distant lands.

Elaborated in France, its original formula starts with the careful selection of a white wine, the perfect canvas to reveal the complex layering of the aromas of the botanicals among which the pomegranate flowers from which our Vermouth takes its name: Nar. 

 

The secret of the oriental twist lies in the ingredients that go into making Vermouth Le Nar. Of course, first and foremost wormwood and its characteristic bitterness, but also more than ten macerations, infusions, and alcoholates made from herbs, roots, or flowers. In addition to organic pomegranate flowers from Ouzbekistan , we find Iranian limoo amani, walnut husk, chamomile, blackcurrant, quassia, turkish bay leaf, or thyme, to name but a few.

 

Unique, handcrafted, Le Nar’s aromatic recipe is an invitation to a faraway voyage, a sensory postcard, an oriental dream.