DiGusti

Limoncello is a classic Italian drink - thick lemon peels from the likes of Sorrento, Tuscany or Capri that are full of essential oils are macerated in a base spirit to extract the full citrus flavour, before being sweetened with a sugar solution to create a wonderful balance of sweet and tart - at least, that's what the best limoncello can produce.

DiGusti is actually a Dutch company, the result of an importer based in Holland who became obsessed with high quality Italian products. But the liqueur itself is made in Italy before being transported to Holland for bottling and shipping.

When I first saw this, my interest was well and truly piqued. A chocolate and limoncello liqueur? Yes please! But when the sample arrived and I poured it into a glass, I certainly wasn't expecting the end result. This is more like a chocolate syrup, with the liquid slowly oozing out of the bottle. It's actually quite hard to drink on it's own, but treat this as a base for a chocolate cocktail that will be diluted with another spirit, or something to spice up a coffee or hot chocolate, and you've got yourself a brilliant ingredient. Made with confectionary chocolate, there's a wonderful marriage of dark chocolate and sweet but tangy lemon, like a lemon fondant chocolate in a top drawer selection box - did Black Magic ever do a lemon one in the selection? If they did, it would taste like this!