Tasting Notes: Patrón Citronge Review
Patrón calls it the only natural orange liqueur product in Mexico with no artificial flavors or colors. They say it’s excellent straight or in a cocktail like the Margarita. How do we feel it tastes? Actually, not so bad! You’ll find Patrón Citronge running about 40% ABV, pretty potent stuff.
Smell: Not quite delightful, intense alcohols, model paint with a muted orange zest/rind after cutting through the alcohols.
Taste: Quite unlike the scents, there is almost no alcohol burn on the palate. Smooth refined sweetness of orange as you’d expect, with a light alcohol in the finish. Authentic tasting, which is inviting.
Cost: Patrón Citronge arrives at roughly USD $28.99, which isn’t a bad price for the taste but we’ve seen a more competitive cost for such flavors. The cost would be more competitive if the nose matched the taste.
Combined Rating:
- Smell: 1.5 / 5.0
- Taste: 3.5 / 5.0
- Cost: 3.0 / 5.0
- End Score: 2.6 / 5.0
Summary: Unfortunately Citronge falls short of our expectations because the cost is simply too high to pay for the overall flavor experience. It’s a good flavor, but it’s not exceptional and to command USD $28.99 or around that price when there are other orange liqueur’s on the market for a few dollars less that have exceptional smells and tastes causes this to fall short. However, if your region doesn’t have some of those more impressive orange liqueurs, Patrón Citronge is something to consider especially considering their market penetration. In our Margarita’s we’d use Citronge over Grand Marnier for the flavors and cost.
