CHARTREUSE - Green - Jeroboam format - Release 2024 - 55%
The Order of the Chartreuse existed for over 500 years when, in 1605, in a Chartreuse monastery in Vauvert, a small suburb of Paris, the monks received a gift from Duke François Hannibal d'Estrées: an ancient manuscript of an "Elixir » nicknamed "Elixir of Long Life". This manuscript was probably the work of a 16th century alchemist with a great knowledge of herbs and with the skill to assemble, infuse, macerate the 130 of them to form a perfectly balanced tonic. The recipe in the manuscript was so complex that only pieces were understood and used in Vauvert. At the beginning of the 18th century, the manuscript was sent to the Mother House of the Order, La Grande Chartreuse, in the mountains not far from Grenoble. The Apothecary of the Monastery, Brother Jerome Maubec , finally elucidated the mystery and, in 1737, wrote the practical formula for preparing the Elixir in 1764. In 1903, the French government nationalized the Chartreuse distillery and the monks were expelled. . When it went bankrupt in 1929, the monks took back possession of the Chartreuse brand. They returned to their distillery, built in 1860 in Fourvoirie, not far from the Monastery, and resumed production of real Chartreuse liqueurs. In 1935, Fourvoirie was almost destroyed by a landslide; production was transferred to Voiron where it is located today.
The selection, grinding and mixing of the secret herbs, plants and other medicinal plants used in the production of liqueurs are carried out in the monastery by two monks. Once mixed, the ingredients are taken to Voiron where they are first put to macerate in carefully selected alcohol, then distilled. Finally, these liqueurs are aged for several years in huge oak barrels and placed in the aging cellar which has the longest maturations in the world.
Chartreuse Verte is produced from 130 different plants, herbs and spices, macerated in grape alcohol. It is then distilled and aged in oak barrels for several years. Chartreuse Verte has a bright green color, a taste complex and high alcohol content (55%).
Due to its format, this product is not available for sale online. It is only available in our store in Bordeaux.
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