Word Finder - cassis

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The blackcurrant plant, Ribes nigrum; the flavor of its berries

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A liqueur made from these berries, especially crème de cassis.

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Cassis and soda is a popular drink.

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(chiefly US) A wine flavor note, suggesting the fruity and full-bodied characteristics of the fruit; mostly referred to as simply blackcurrant in the UK, where the fruit is common.

It includes notes of dewy cassis, night blooming cereus, and patchouli.

The gland has been found in both sub-orders of the Pectinibranchia, in Cyclostoma and Cypraea among the Taenioglossa, in Hemifusus, Cassis, Nassa, Murex, Fasciolariidae, Turbinellidae, Olividae, Marginellidae and Conidae among the Stenoglossa.

Dijon is well known for its mustard, and for the black currant liqueur called cassis de Dijon; its industries include the manufacture of machinery, automobiles, bicycles, soap, biscuits, brandy, leather, boots and shoes, candles and hosiery.

It has a dark purple color, beautiful pure cassis and blackcurrant fruit, lovely moderate tannins and an elegant and long finish.

Top tip - crème de cassis makes the chalet white more drinkable.

Add vodka and crème de cassis and shake well.

Its original ingredients included tequila, crème de cassis, lime juice, soda water and grenadine; however, the more common blend used today is simply tequila, orange juice and grenadine.

The wine has very good fruit, with ripe blackberries and lucious cassis.

Other drinkers suggested that the wine was rich and velvety with the flavor of ripe blackberries, ligonberry and cassis.

Ripe blackberries and cassis dominate the taste.

The palate is dominated with cassis, cherry and currant.

Fruit notes are dominated by ripe blackberry and cassis with hints of dried cherry.

The mouth starts slightly chewy but softens with ripe cherry and cassis flavors that take a side step with hints of chocolate and tar.

There's a multitude of flavors that come through, the mouth leads with ripe blackberries, plums, and cassis that almost reaches syrupy nectar but that falls back, held in check by smooth tannins.

The palate is wild and racy with lush cherries and cassis, white pepper, roasted meat and smoke.

The round and juicy palate shows cherries, cassis and raspberries touched with thyme, dried mushrooms, tobacco, and toasted oak.

If you can't find Creme de Cassis at your local liquor store, substitute Chambord.

At $400 a bottle the 1999 vintage of the Charmes-Chambertin is another excellent example of Burgundy with a complex nose that has undertones of cassis, rose, minerals and truffle.

Marilyn Merlot wine is noted for its rich, complex flavor, with a strong dark cherry taste and hints of pepper and cassis.