Made with crisp white wine, ripe summer peaches, and a fragrant herb of your choice—think mint, basil, lemon verbena, or lemon thyme—this sangria is elevated with a floral twist of elderflower liqueur like St-Germain. So delicious!
Peach Sangria Ingredients
- Peaches- Find the most fragrant peaches you can get your hands on. Smell them! Let them ripen.
- White wine – light, fruity wines work well here! Pinot Grigio, Vionier, or rose.
- Elderflower liquor – like St Germaine
- Simple Syrup– a mixture of sugar and water, or use our honey simple syrup
- Fresh herbs- for garnish! If you have herbs growing in your garden, use them. Almost any herb will add a lovely flavor. I especially love mint, basil, or lemony herbs like verbena, lemon balm, or lemon thyme.
How to make Peach Sangria
Step 2. Place the sliced peaches in a large pitcher or jar, along with a bottle of fruity white wine and simple syrup, into a large mason jar or pitcher. Add a splash of St. Germain, like a ¼ cup, or more to taste.
Step 3. Refrigerate for at least 4 hours, or preferably overnight. As the sangria marinates, the peaches may turn slightly brown after a couple of days. This may look unappealing, but the flavor, surprisingly, will continue to improve.
TIP: If serving to guests, I recommend straining out the browning peaches, reserving the sangria, and add a few fresh sliced peaches and a handful of fresh herbs back into the sangria, and serve over ice. I think you will be happy with the flavor.
More Favorite Peach Recipes
- Peach Cobbler with Biscuit Crust
- Tomato Peach Gazpacho
- Peach Chicken
- Peach Panzanella Salad
- Fresh Peach Salsa
- Peach Galette
- Peach Bruschetta
- Must-try Farmers Market Recipes
Peach Sangria Recipe
- Prep Time: 10
- marinating time: 4 hours
- Total Time: 4 hours 10 minutes
- Yield: 4-6 glasses
- Category: drinks, cocktail, sangria
- Method: infused
- Cuisine: spanish
Description
Simple Refreshing Peach Sangria …a delicious summer cocktail made with white wine and Elderflower liquor (or syrup) that can be made ahead. Perfect for a crowd!
Ingredients
- 1 bottle white wine- viognier, pinot grigio, riesling, or rose
- 3 ripe peaches, plus more for garnish
- 1/4 cup Elderflower liquor like St Germain ( or sub another fruity or floral liqueur- see notes)
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup water
- Handful fresh herbs- mint, basil, lemon balm, lemon verbena, or lemon thyme
Instructions
- Make simple Syrup: Bring sugar, water and a handful of fresh herbs to a simmer, in a small pot on the stove, stirring until sugar dissolves. Let cool either on the counter, or for an even more intense herb flavor,overnight in the fridge. You can also use our honey simple syrup.
- Slice peaches.
Place peaches, wine, herbed simple syrup and a splash or two of Elderflower liquor ( St. Germaine) in a pitcher or large mason jar. Refrigerate for at least 4 hours or overnight. It will become more and more flavorful if left overnight or even for a couple days. Peaches may brown slightly, but will taste better and better. - If serving to guests, strain out the browning peaches, and replace with freshly sliced peaches, and handful of fresh herbs and serve over ice.
Notes
Instead of making the simple syrup, you could use store-bought elderflower syrup. ( Ikea usually has this!)
Nutrition
- Calories: 175
Excellent, refreshing sangria! It was the perfect accompaniment to a Spanish dinner party that we hosted. I omitted the sugar, used last year’s frozen peaches from our peach trees, as well as our homemade elderflower liquor.
Sounds lovely Karen!
Such an easy and yummy summer drink!
Awesome! 👏
This is a refreshing way to use the Palisade peaches that are in season in CO right now! What do you do with the browning peaches after straining them? Is there another way they can be used?
Hi Aimee- glad you enjoyed this! I usually just compost, but I guess they probably taste good… though the browning throws me off.
That’s what I’m doing with my Palisade peaches right now! Can’t wait to try it. 🙂
I made a double batch with two bottles of wine and 6 peaches. I’m going to try baking the strained soaking peaches as a pie filling!
That sounds delicious Ashley!
Could you use frozen peaches if fresh aren’t available?
I bet that would be fine!
I made this recipe a few nights ago. So delicious!! I used 3/4 c. of peach schnapps for the liqueur and topped it with a splash of sparkling water to give it more of a refreshing taste. Only wish I could have company over to enjoy this with.
Love it!
Any feel on how to make an alcohol free version? Would love have both options available for a summer gathering. Thanks for any ideas you may have! Beautiful photography/recipe!
Sorry for the delay. My only idea is what about adding sliced fresh peaches to sparkling water or sparkling cider and if you can get the elderflower syrup (Ikea has it) add a splash to taste? Fresh herbs would we nice too. 😉
make this every summer!
Delicious! The elderflowler liquor is especially lovey!
If I don’t have St Germain, and only have elderflower syrup, how would I alter the recipe a bit? Looks delish, though!
That sounds like a good recipe for sangria , I bet it would go perfectly in my cocktail dispenser made by these guy : http://www.thebeergiraffe.com/en/what-is-a-beer-tower/
What a great recipe and beautiful pictures. Pinning this one 🙂
Thanks Niki!
One time I spilled half a bottle of St. Germain’s in the trunk of my car and it was the saddest day of my life. Luckily, I still have the other half of the bottle to make this sangria because, holy cow does it look good!!
I love your photos as well! That turquoise ledge!!!
You can’t go wrong with peaches and wine in my philosophy of life. Awesome recipe.
Oh dear. If I could reach through my computer screen and lap up that sangria like a dog Sylvia, I WOULD! As usual, your photography is stunning and I adore your use of fresh peaches and herbs! We don’t quite have peaches here yet but I’m counting down the days until I do. And then I’m definitely getting drunk, err, refreshed on this. Beauty!
This is beautiful, like summer distilled into a jar!
This looks absolutely delicious, thanks for sharing! Perfect summer picnic refreshment.. Francesca