La Salamandre Aperitif Le Poirier - Caravan Wines & Spirits

Distillerie La Salamandre

La Salamandre Aperitif Le Poirier

Style Aperitif
Producer Distillerie La Salamandre
Origin Périgord Noir (Sarlat-la-Canéda, Dordogne)
$53 / btl
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What it tastes like.

Le Poirier is a natural artisanal wine-based aperitif. It is made from a blend of William Pear brandy, distilled by us, and sweet wine. You will appreciate it fresh, plain or in a cocktail, but also to flavour your desserts and pastries.
Poirier is best enjoyed chilled, plain or in your cocktails.
It can simply accompany the tasting of your desserts (chocolate cake, dark chocolate mousse, a square of dark chocolate ...), as you would with white wine or champagne. In baking, it will flavour your salads with fresh fruit, cakes and desserts. You can also use our pear wine as a topping on an ice cream cup, and according to your imagination.

16% ABV

750ml

The house

About La Salamandre.

Périgord Noir (Sarlat-la-Canéda, Dordogne) ·Est. 1970

Distillerie La Salamandre was founded in 1970 in Sarlat-la-Canéda, in the Périgord Noir, by Raymond Gatinel, a tobacco-grower who had begun distilling itinerantly between local farms. The house remained family-run; Raymond's son Jacques diversified into liqueurs and macerated fruits in the mid-1970s, and in March 2026 Raymond's granddaughter Aude Gatinel and her cousin Julie Fourcade took over operations as the third generation. The range is built on Périgord and Southwest fruit: pears, plums, cherries, walnuts, apricots, raspberries.

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At the table

How to pour it.

  • Temperature

    7–10°C. Over ice with a peel for the aperitif moment.

Bottle questions

Before you open it.

A few practical answers for storage, delivery, and choosing the right bottle.

How should I store it before opening?

Keep it somewhere cool, dark, and steady. Wine prefers cellar temperature; spirits are happier away from heat and direct sunlight.

How long will it keep once opened?

Wine changes quickly after opening; spirits and liqueurs generally hold longer if capped tightly and kept out of heat. If it is a special bottle, ask before opening and the team can give product-specific guidance.

Can I ask for a similar bottle?

Yes. Contact Caravan with this bottle name and the occasion; the team can suggest a close match, a safer gift, or a step up or down in price.

How is it packed for delivery?

Orders are packed in bottle-safe cartons. If anything arrives damaged or looks wrong, contact the team with your order number and a photo so they can sort the next step.

What about hot weather shipping?

The team avoids making one-size-fits-all promises around heat and carrier timing. For heat-sensitive or cellar bottles, contact Caravan before ordering and they can advise the safest dispatch window.

Need a specific answer for this bottle? The Caravan team can help with drinking windows, substitutions, and delivery timing.

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Why Caravan backs Distillerie La Salamandre

Périgord Noir (Sarlat-la-Canéda, Dordogne)

Raymond Gatinel started Distillerie La Salamandre in 1970 in Sarlat-la-Canéda, four kilometres from the medieval centre of the Périgord Noir's main town. The Gatinel family had been farmers — tobacco and a small dairy herd — and Raymond bought a portable still and worked as a distiller-itinerant during the winter months, transforming local farmers' fermented fruit into eau-de-vie. The Salamandre business grew from that original mobile operation. Raymond's son Jacques joined in the mid-1970s and the line widened from straight eaux-de-vie into liqueurs and fruits-in-eau-de-vie.

In March 2026 Aude Gatinel (33) and her cousin Julie Fourcade (39) took over the business from the second generation, becoming the third generation of Gatinel-family distillers. The fruit base is Périgord and Southwest French: pears (Williams), plums (mirabelle, quetsch), cherries, apricots, raspberries, blueberries, walnuts (a regional speciality). The range covers eaux-de-vie, fruit liqueurs, aperitifs, fruits-in-eau-de-vie (the regional bottled-fruit speciality) and a small French single-malt whisky. Production stays small; the house describes itself as an artisan distillery.

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