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Crème de cassis
Spirits & brews· liqueur

What it is
Crème de cassis is a French liqueur made by macerating blackcurrants in alcohol and combining the result with sugar syrup.
What it tastes like
On the nose: rose, citrus. Among its measured molecules: Ocimene, Aromadendrene, bicyclogermacrene, citronellol, β-phellandrene.
What goes with it
- Makrut limeboth carry citronellol, rosecite
- Cinnamonboth carry β-phellandrenecite
- Grains of paradiseboth carry terpinolenecite
Salt and acid
Salt
Salt not measured yet.
Acid
Acid not measured yet.
Unusual pairings
Pairs the library can cite that almost nobody makes.
- Crème de cassis + London dry gin
both carry limonene, lemon (126 of 338 carry it)
- Crème de cassis + Blackberry
both carry limonene, lemon (126 of 338 carry it)
- Crème de cassis + Lime
both carry limonene, lemon (126 of 338 carry it)
Every one of its 15 compounds carries a paper the library can cite.
alpha-pinenearomaterpenoidreads as odor of turpentine (PubChem)Measured in 71 of 338 ingredients.cite
detected in 100% of samples, mean peak area 2.62 × 10^6 across the fifteen cultivars — Pagès-Hélary et al. 2021, Molecules (Table 1, row 'α-Pinene' (CAS 80-56-8))γ‑terpinenearomaterpenoidMeasured in 44 of 338 ingredients.cite
in the Noir de Bourgogne fingerprint at mean relative concentration 1.94 × 10^6 (SD 4.23 × 10^6) — Pagès-Hélary et al. 2023, Molecules (Table 4, row 'γ-Terpinene' (CAS 99-85-4); Table A1)p-cymenearomaterpenoidreads as mild pleasant odor (PubChem)Measured in 42 of 338 ingredients.cite
in the Noir de Bourgogne fingerprint at mean relative concentration 1.08 × 10^6 (SD 6.59 × 10^5) — Pagès-Hélary et al. 2023, Molecules (Table 4, row 'P-Cymene' (CAS 99-87-6); Table A1)citronellolaromaterpenoidreads as rose odor (PubChem)Measured in 15 of 338 ingredients.cite
detected in 89% of samples, mean peak area 8.19 × 10^5 across the fifteen cultivars — Pagès-Hélary et al. 2021, Molecules (Table 1, row 'Citronellol' (CAS 106-22-9))β-phellandrenearomaterpenoidreads as burning taste (PubChem)Measured in 18 of 338 ingredients.cite
detected in 100% of samples, mean peak area 1.06 × 10^7 — the fifth-largest mean in the table, behind 3-carene, α-terpinolene, ocimene and caryophyllene; named among the molecules Noir de Bourgogne showed the highest amounts of, first in the group of variables that characterised it, and first among the four 'more abundant in Noir de Bourgogne than in the three other cultivars'. It is NOT one of the twenty molecules PMC9965356 followed, so this is its only citation — Pagès-Hélary et al. 2021, Molecules (Table 1, row 'β-Phellandrene' (CAS 555-10-2); Results)terpinolenearomaterpenoidreads as terpene taste (PubChem)Measured in 38 of 338 ingredients.cite
detected in 100% of samples, mean peak area 2.41 × 10^7; named among the molecules Noir de Bourgogne showed the highest amounts of, and one of the three the paper says its Figure 3b underlines as important in that cultivar's fingerprint — Pagès-Hélary et al. 2021, Molecules (Table 1, row 'α-Terpinolene' (CAS 586-62-9); Results)limonenearomaterpenoidreads as pleasant lemon-like (PubChem)Measured in 91 of 338 ingredients.cite
detected in 100% of samples, mean peak area 4.79 × 10^6; named among the molecules Noir de Bourgogne showed the highest amounts of, among the group of variables characterising it, and among the four 'more abundant in Noir de Bourgogne than in the three other cultivars' — Pagès-Hélary et al. 2021, Molecules (Table 1, row 'Limonene' (CAS 138-86-3); Results)3-carenearomaterpenoidMeasured in 19 of 338 ingredients.cite
detected in 100% of samples, mean peak area 2.77 × 10^7 across the fifteen cultivars; the paper names 3-carene first among the molecules Noir de Bourgogne showed 'the highest amounts' of, and again among the three whose importance 'in the fingerprint of the Noir de Bourgogne cultivar' its Figure 3b underlines — Pagès-Hélary et al. 2021, Molecules (Table 1 (List of volatile compounds detected and identified in the headspace of berries for the 15 different cultivars), row '3-Carene' (CAS 13466-78-9); Results)caryophyllenearomaterpenoidMeasured in 50 of 338 ingredients.cite
detected in 100% of samples, mean peak area 1.87 × 10^7 across the fifteen blackcurrant cultivars — Pagès-Hélary et al. 2021, Molecules (Table 1, row 'Caryophyllene' (CAS 87-44-5))humulenearomaterpenoidMeasured in 26 of 338 ingredients.cite
detected in 100% of samples, mean peak area 4.49 × 10^6 across the fifteen cultivars — Pagès-Hélary et al. 2021, Molecules (Table 1, row 'α-Caryophyllene' (CAS 6753-98-6))germacrene DaromaterpenoidMeasured in 18 of 338 ingredients.cite
detected in 87% of samples, mean peak area 1.80 × 10^6; in this paper germacrene D is one of the compounds that characterised the Ben Tiran cultivar rather than Noir de Bourgogne — Pagès-Hélary et al. 2021, Molecules (Table 1, row 'Germacrene D' (CAS 23986-74-5); Results)OcimenearomaMeasured in 5 of 338 ingredients.cite
detected in 100% of samples, mean peak area 1.91 × 10^7; named among the molecules Noir de Bourgogne showed the highest amounts of, among the group of variables that characterised it, and among the four the paper reports as 'more abundant in Noir de Bourgogne than in the three other cultivars' — Pagès-Hélary et al. 2021, Molecules (Table 1, row 'Ocimene' (CAS 29714-87-2); Results)AromadendrenearomaterpenoidMeasured in 5 of 338 ingredients.cite
detected in 100% of samples, mean peak area 1.25 × 10^6; named in the group of variables for which 'Noir de Bourgogne was characterized by high peak areas' — Pagès-Hélary et al. 2021, Molecules (Table 1, row 'Aromadendrene' (CAS 489-39-4); Results)bicyclogermacrenearomaterpenoidMeasured in 5 of 338 ingredients.cite
detected in 89% of samples, mean peak area 1.78 × 10^6; named among the molecules Noir de Bourgogne showed the highest amounts of, among the group of variables characterising it, and among the four 'more abundant in Noir de Bourgogne than in the three other cultivars' — Pagès-Hélary et al. 2021, Molecules (Table 1, row 'Bicyclogermacrene' (CAS 24703-35-3); Results)
Sources
- Pagès-Hélary et al. 2021, Molecules
- Pagès-Hélary et al. 2023, Molecules