Episcopale Du lll eme Millenaire
⏳ Drinking Window
Virtually indefinite; this exceptional liqueur is ready to drink now but will continue to evolve, mellow, and gain complexity in the bottle for decades.
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Dark chocolate desserts, Roquefort or other pungent blue cheeses, Apple tarte tatin
✨ Technical Specifications
The 'Episcopale Du IIIème Millénaire' is an exceptionally rare, limited-edition bottling created by the Carthusian Monks to celebrate the dawn of the third millennium in the year 2000. The term 'Episcopale' refers to a traditional, harmonious blend of the monks' two iconic liqueurs: the fiery, herb-forward Green Chartreuse and the sweeter, milder Yellow Chartreuse. Combining the secret recipes of 130 botanicals from both expressions, this special cuvée represents a masterclass in monastic blending. It was presented in an elegant, serigraphed bottle that has since become a legendary prize for spirits collectors worldwide. The resulting liqueur offers a complex symphony of alpine herbs, honey, citrus peel, anise, and gentle spice, mellowed by extended aging in oak casks.
🍾 About the Producer
Tracing its origins to 1605 when the Carthusian monks received a mysterious manuscript detailing an 'Elixir of Long Life,' Chartreuse is one of the world's most iconic and secretive spirit producers. Perfected in 1737 at the Grande Chartreuse monastery near Grenoble, France, the sacred recipe remains strictly guarded by just two monks who oversee the selection, maceration, and distillation of 130 natural mountain herbs, plants, and flowers. Production has traversed historic milestones, including a famed period of distillation in Tarragona, Spain, before settling at their modern state-of-the-art distillery in Entre-Deux-Guiers. Renowned globally for its distinctive natural coloring and profound herbal complexity, Chartreuse produces revered expressions such as Chartreuse Verte, the softer Chartreuse Jaune, and extended oak-aged V.E.P. bottlings that evolve magnificently with age.