Tempus Fugit Spirits Liqueur de Violettes (75cl, 22%)

Tempus Fugit Spirits Liqueur de Violettes is a violet liqueur made in small micro-batches in Switzerland by distiller Oliver Matter for Tempus Fugit Spirits. It follows a mid-19th-century French recipe using hand-harvested French violets from the Côte d'Azur, with cochineal giving a natural fuchsia colour and no artificial dye. It has lower sugar than a crème de violette, so it is classified as a liqueur rather than a crème. Tempus Fugit Spirits was founded in 2007 to revive pre-Prohibition liqueurs from original 19th-century recipes. The nose shows bright lavender, dried violet and fresh clover over a floral, lightly sweet base, with a clean, dry-ish finish.