Sofitel Sydney’s Champagne Bar has teamed with Sydney’s Brix Distillers to create a bespoke Spiced Rum inspired by the flavours of Marseille and distilled and aged in Surry Hills.
“The new Marseille Inspired Spiced Rum has been created to reflect the strong cultural connection and partnership between our property, our local Sydney distillers and our sister city of Marseille”, said Jarod Senior, Food and Beverage Operations Manager, Sofitel Sydney Darling Harbour.
“It has notes of caraway seed, rosemary, marjoram and clove, all used in cuisine from the South of France, lavender prolific in the hills of Marseille, vanilla bean, and grapefruit zest, grapefruit is well known on the Corsica coast”.
Renowned for its champagne offering and cocktail list, Champagne Bar has drawn on the history of Marseille to create a new cocktail – Dantès Escape using Brix X Champagne Bar Marseille Inspired Spiced Rum, grapefruit marmalade, vanilla bean, and orange bitters.
“Playing on the story of Dante, this new cocktail sits alongside Champagne Bars longstanding and bestselling signature cocktail – The Mistress of Marseille, completing the story of the ill-fated pair,” said Senior.
In 1844, Edmond Dantès, after six years of imprisonment, broke out of the fortress Chateau d’lf off the coast of Marseille by night hoping to reunite with former fiancée Mercedes, the Mistress of Marseille and find treasure he learned of whilst imprisoned. He was rescued by a rum smuggling ship who mistook him for a shipwreck victim before arriving in Marseille to find his fiancée married to a rival suitor, his father dead, and the treasure a fabrication.
“The team from Brix are ecstatic to have joined forces with the beverage team from Champagne Bar to design this exclusive release”, said James Christopher, Brix Distillers.
“This is a fantastic collaboration between one of Sydney’s most beautiful hotel venues and Sydney’s only Rum distillery. Brix is extremely excited to work with the Champagne Bar team to design and release this exclusive Spiced Rum.”
Champagne Bar Opening Hours:
Monday – Thursday & Sunday from 5 pm – 11 pm
Friday & Saturday from 3 pm – 12 am
