Rich, sweet nose with cherry fruit roll-up and tropical punch...but make that deeper and more refined somehow. Very sweet but balanced. The taste is like cherry cough syrup with a floral element, and rose Turkish delight. It gets slightly more sour near the end, but just enough to be mouthwatering. To the non-mixed drink drinker, this is a product very similar to Cherry Heering, which is often confused with maraschino liqueur. Don't make that mistake though. While maraschino liqueur is delicious in bourbon, this will ruin anything except a "Blood and Sand". Similarly, while maraschino is far too sweet to drink on its own, this definitely should be; it's almost like some kind of pre-mixed sour that doesn't need anything else.
About this bottle
Part of the Luxardo portfolio since 1821, Luxardo Cherry "Sangue Morlacco" is flavored with marasca cherry, a variety of sour cherries. Sangue Morlacco translates to “Morlacco blood,” referring to the liqueur’s deep red color and a group of people from the Dalmatian hinterland from the 17th and 18th centuries. The name was coined by Italian poet Gabriele D’Annunzio in 1919, after which the liqueur was renamed nearly a century after its creation.
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The standard bearer... Of sorts... this is variant of Luxardo Cherry but its subtle complexity lends itself to the standard applications.
Deep dark black cherry colored. Sour cherry, cherry pie nose. On the palate thick, potent cherry, sweet and sour with a little kick.
Very rich and fruity very sweet but nice mixed with pepsi or lemonade
Great in an old-fashioned with accompanying Luxardo cherry.
Tasty!
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