Bonal Gentiane-Quina is a classic, bittersweet French apéritif wine first created in 1865. Traditionally nicknamed ouvre l'appétit (“the key to the appetite”), it is produced using a fortified mistelle base (unfermented grape juice muted with alcohol) infused with mountain gentian root, cinchona bark (quinine), and alpine herbs from the Grande Chartreuse mountains. It serves as a bridge between sweet vermouth and bitter amari