Features
Name:
Chartreuse Verte 70 cl
Cellar
Chartreuse is a 100% monastic company. The uniqueness, expertise and quality of this liqueur have led it to be among the top three Top Trend liqueurs in the world for the most famous cocktail bars around the globe. Its history goes back as far as the Middle Ages, when Arabic knowledge on distillation was brought to the School of Salerno, founded in 1100. Here, a distillation system close to the modern one was studied and refined, and within these walls the first aqua-vitae and elixirs of life were obtained. The most active in this regard were the Franciscans, one of whom, John of Rupescissa, speaks extensively of infusions and distillations for medicinal purposes, and mentions for the first time the word Elixir 'which cures all diseases and prolongs life'. The Jesuit friars took up the legacy of John of Rupescissa and further perfected the herbal infusion. The voluptuary use of liqueurs and bitters officially began at the court of Catherine de Medici, where there are reports of delicious preparations being used to welcome her guests. In 1605, a manuscript arrived at the monastery of the Grande Chartreuse containing a recipe for making a bitter elixir with no less than 130 herbs, the 'universal medicine' panacea for all ills, predicted by Llull. It took more than 100 years of study and the passion of the monk Jerome Maubec to make the liqueur following the indications given in the manuscript, the result of which was the Chartreuse Vert, the first bitter liqueur in history, which saw the light in 1737.
Description
The recipe for the Elixir has remained unchanged since 1764, consisting of 130 plants capable of giving rise to an 'Elixir of Long Life'. The Carthusian Fathers have been guarding the secret of the Plant Elixir that they have been distilling for more than four centuries. A harmonious blend of 130 medicinal and aromatic plants makes it a highly effective digestive and tonic. The value of the Vegetable Elixir lies mainly in the use of the plants in their natural state, to the exclusion of any artificial products. Green Chartreuse combines 130 herbs, flowers, roots and spices, beet alcohol as a base, white sugar to sweeten. Alcohol content: 55% vol. Ages at least 3 years in large French oak barrels.
Organoleptic characteristics:
Green in colour, the nose is simply fabulous, a kaleidoscope in perpetual motion. Lots of herbaceous, mentholated, balsamic and ethereal sensations. Warm and soft in the mouth.
Storage time:
over 10 years
Vinification
Élixir Végétal requires several weeks of processing in three stages: distillation to obtain the aroma, maceration to give it its natural colour, and extraction to capture the beneficial properties of the 130 plants, flowers, barks, roots and spices it contains. Its virtues lie mainly in the use of plants in their natural state.
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