Bailoni Wachauer Gold Marillenlikor Apricot

Bailoni Wachauer Gold Marillenlikör is Austria's classic apricot liqueur — a sweetened 30% ABV expression built on triple-distilled Wachau apricot spirit, bottled at 750mL by the Wachau's first apricot distillery (est. 1872). Overripe, hand-selected Wachau apricots are mashed, fermented, and triple-distilled in copper pot stills; the distillate rests at least two years in steel tanks and makes up 60% of the liqueur — roughly double the legal requirement. Available to order online from Del Mesa Liquor in San Diego, CA.

• ABV: 30% (60 proof)
• Size: 750mL (per US listing — EU format is 700mL; label read pending)
• Apricots: overripe, hand-selected Wachauer Marille from the Wachau valley; color and aroma from on-premises pressed apricot juice
• Production: triple copper-pot distillation; distillate rests ≥2 years in steel tanks; final blend of apricot distillate (60%), neutral grain spirit, sugar, apricot juice
• Origin: Bailoni 1. Wachauer Marillen-Destillerie, Krems-Stein an der Donau, Lower Austria — family business since 1872

The Wachau's Apricot House Since 1872

Bailoni is the first apricot distillery of the Wachau — the Danube valley of Lower Austria where "Wachauer" apricot branding is a protected designation — and the family has specialized in Gold-Marillenlikör and apricot eau-de-vie since around 1930. The house's prestige line runs through it: 18 gold medals at Monde Selection as a house, and this liqueur alone holds a Monde Selection Gold, 91 points from the Beverage Testing Institute (2018), and Silver + Best of Category at the 2019 ADI Judging of Craft Spirits. The difference from Bailoni's schnapps below is simple: this is the sweet, lush liqueur — apricot distillate plus sugar and apricot juice, with an apricot-preserves finish. See more Bailoni or explore the liqueur collection.

Tasting Notes

Lush and viscous: sun-ripe apricot, apricot preserves, and floral honey notes, with the two-year-rested distillate giving it a clean, spirit-driven backbone beneath the sweetness. The finish is long and jammy.

How to Enjoy

Neat or on the rocks at 15–18°C as an aperitif or digestif; an Apricot Sour (3 cl liqueur, 2 cl lemon juice, sugar syrup, ice) is the classic cocktail build — or pour it over vanilla ice cream for the simplest dessert in the book.

Frequently Asked Questions

The schnapps is a dry, triple-distilled apricot brandy at 40% with no added sugar; the Gold Marillenlikör is a sweetened liqueur at 30%, built on apricot distillate, neutral grain spirit, sugar, and apricot juice.

Neat or on the rocks at 15–18°C — as an aperitif, digestif, or in cocktails like an Apricot Sour, and over vanilla ice cream.

The Wachau valley of Lower Austria. Bailoni, in Krems-Stein on the Danube, has been the valley's first apricot distillery since 1872.

Austria's classic apricot liqueur, double the required distillate — order Bailoni Wachauer Gold Marillenlikör online at Del Mesa Liquor.