Pentire Coastal Spritz

Spritz is the way forward. I love Pentire’s botanical spirit substitutes, but there’s something about an orangey, bitter aperitif that really works in a non-alcoholic version. Here,Pentire’s botanicals mix is joined by orange zest which steps up to echo the depth and kick of alcohol while rosemary gives a rounded herbiness. There are a lot of new zero alc aperitifs that use that combination and it’s because it’s a brilliantly balanced one, of strong flavours and zingy contrasts. The extra element here is the addition of oakmoss which offsets the other ingredients with woody, spicy and slightly sweet notes. It’s this ingredient that gives the Coastal Spritz a feel of a slightly bitter Martini Rosso rather than, say, a Campari, and I love it. You can trust Pentire to deliver and they have.