Passion Fruit Nectar

Passion Fruit Nectar from Alain Milliat, France

Alain Milliat's Passion Fruit Nectar is sweet, soft, and elegant, with an intense aroma of the popular tropical fruit. The passion fruit for this nectar comes from Cameroon. There, the small, egg-shaped fruit, whose skin changes from green to purple as it ripens, grows all year round. Inside, many seeds are hidden in the jelly-like pulp, which develops an aromatic, tropical, sweet taste when ripe.

This bright orange nectar will captivate you with its silky texture, freshness, delicate citrus aromas, and the enchanting scent of exotic passion fruit. Alain Milliat's Passion Fruit Nectar, with a fruit content of 38%, is wonderfully refreshing with a splash of coconut milk and some ice cubes, and with gin, vodka or rum, the passion fruit nectar can become an exciting cocktail.

Passion Fruit – Juice or Nectar?

Nectar, what a promising word, which in botany refers to the liquid that comes from the calyx of flowers, and in Greek mythology, the drink of the gods that bestows eternal youth and immortality. The European Fruit Juice Regulation is less euphoric. It distinguishes between juice and nectar and allows up to 20% of the final product of nectar to consist of sugar, and the fruit content, which can consist of fruit juice or pulp, must be at least 25% depending on the fruit variety, thus valuing juice as higher quality than nectar.

But what does Alain Milliat care about the Fruit Juice Regulation? More good ingredients than the minimum requirement dictates are certainly not forbidden. His nectars therefore consist of 38-50% fruit content.

We recommend enjoying Alain Milliat Passion Fruit Nectar from a white wine glass, so that the aromas can unfold particularly well at a cool drinking temperature of 8-12 degrees.

Alain Milliat – the Passionist

Alain Milliat, grandson and son of a farmer, himself a fruit grower, took over the family business in Orliénas near Lyon in 1983. For 15 years, he respectfully cared for the land entrusted to him and cultivated the best fruits, especially a particularly sought-after cherry variety. In 1997, Maison Alain Milliat launched the project to produce high-quality juices for gourmets. Alain sent the first six juices and nectars to 60 restaurants from the Relais & Châteaux guide and eagerly awaited the sommeliers' reactions to his creations. And they were enthusiastic. This great idea allows him to adapt the textures, sugar-acid balances, and colors of his juices to the needs of the restaurants. Driven by his success with gourmet restaurants, with whom he still works today, the Passionist constantly develops new juices and nectars from special, hand-picked fruits that offer unique taste experiences, like this Passion Fruit Nectar. Today, Alain Milliat buys his fruits throughout France and beyond, always at their optimal ripeness.