点评:While searching for interesting things to see and do during a day-trip to Monaco, we found L'Orangerie on the TripAdvisor recommended list, so decided to check it out after we visited the palace. When we entered the distillery's location in the GPS, we were pleased to discover that it was only a 10-minute walk from the palace, and even closer to the parking garage where we had left the car.
There's a tangled mess of construction right outside the front door. A slew of workers were laying new bricks on the walkway when we arrived, and there's a massive residential project underway half a block down the street. But the store remains open, and the young lady who assisted us was charming and informative.
We learned that L'Orangerie is Monaco's first and only distillery, established in 2017, and that it produces a total of three liqueurs. Two are produced solely with locally grown products from Monaco. The orange liqueur is made from Monaco's sour oranges and a hint of cane sugar. We sampled it and were pleased that it didn't have the typical syrupy-sweet aftertaste common to liqueurs. It was very unusual and quite pleasant.
The carob liqueur is made with local carob beans and adds an interesting chocolatey twist to a cup of coffee, while the lemon liqueur is made with various citrus grown in the region, but not necessarily within the state borders. And a fourth offering is a fairly new addition to the company's product line - gin, distilled from juniper berries grown in the south of France.
L'Orangerie sells sample size 3-packs as well as standard size bottles. They also offer the most incredible designer chocolates - some of the best we've ever tasted. We purchased both the liqueur and the chocolates. The distillery is definitely worth a visit.
翻译:在寻找摩纳哥一日游的有趣景点和活动时,我们在TripAdvisor的推荐列表中发现了L'Orangerie酒厂,于是决定参观完皇宫后去看看。我们在GPS上输入酒厂的位置后,惊喜地发现它距离皇宫只有10分钟的步行路程,而且离我们停车的停车场更近。
酒厂门口正进行着一场混乱的施工。我们到达时,一群工人正在人行道上铺设新砖,而街对面半个街区外正在进行一个大型住宅项目。不过,酒厂仍然营业,接待我们的那位年轻女士热情友好,而且知识渊博。
我们了解到,L'Orangerie是摩纳哥第一家也是唯一一家酒厂,成立于2017年,共生产三种利口酒。其中两种完全采用摩纳哥当地种植的原料酿造。这款橙味利口酒采用摩纳哥酸橙和少许蔗糖酿制而成。我们品尝后惊喜地发现,它并没有利口酒常见的甜腻余味,口感非常独特,令人愉悦。
角豆利口酒采用当地角豆制成,为一杯咖啡增添了一丝有趣的巧克力风味;柠檬利口酒则采用该地区种植的各种柑橘类水果酿制而成,但这些柑橘类水果不一定产自摩纳哥境内。第四款产品是该公司产品线中的新成员——金酒,采用法国南部种植的杜松子蒸馏而成。
L'Orangerie 酒厂出售三瓶装的样品装以及标准瓶装。他们还提供令人惊艳的精美巧克力——是我们品尝过的最美味的巧克力之一。我们购买了利口酒和巧克力。这家酒厂绝对值得一去。