Chartreuse Green Liqueur Vintage Bottle
| Description: | Vintage Green Chartreuse 11.8 fl oz bottle with box and tax seal old style bottleChartreuse gives its name to the color chartreuse. It is one of the handful of liquors that continues to age and improve in the bottle.Chartreuse Green Liqueur is created by macerating over 130 herbs, plants, roots and leaves into a base of wine alcohol, creating a complex, flavorful liqueur with a natural green color. Although typically served as a digestif, Chartreuse is also an essential ingredient in cocktails such as The Last Word and Amber Dream.Chartreuse is a French liqueur made by the Carthusian Monks since the 1740s. It is composed of distilled alcohol aged with 130 herbal extracts. The liqueur is named after the Monks' Grande Chartreuse monastery, located in the Chartreuse Mountains in the general region of Grenoble in France. The liqueur is produced in a factory in the nearby town of Voiron Isere.The two types of Chartreuse are:Green Chartreuse (110 proof or 55%) is a naturally green liqueur flavored with extracts from 132 plants with its coloring coming from chlorophyll.Yellow Chartreuse (40%), which has a milder and sweeter flavor and aroma.The Chartreuse Order of the Carthusian monks was founded in 1084, which makes it one of the oldest religious orders in Christianity. The Order was more than 500 years old when, in 1605, they received a special gift: a manuscript titled "An Elixir of Long Life". A long and complex recipe, it was not fully studied until 1737 by the monastery's apothecary. After intensely studying the manuscript and performing a series of test runs, the Chartreuse Elixir was finally created!This "liqueur of health" was distributed into small villages in the area. People were so fond of it that they drank it as a beverage, rather than taking it as medicine. Realizing this, the monks made a milder beverage, which we know today as "Green Chartreuse". Presently, only two monks have been entrusted by the Order with the production secrets of this unique spirit. |
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| Price: | $ 99.95 |
| Price in original currency: | None |
Available from MaxLiquor.com
| Address: |
6029 Warner Ave, Huntington Beach, CA 92647 United States |
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First added to 1000 Corks on March 25, 2024.
