Fabriquee Green Voiron 1941-51
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This historic bottling is fully mature and ready to drink now, but due to its high alcohol content and sugar preservation, it will easily keep in pristine condition indefinitely.
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dark chocolate desserts, blue cheese, roasted nuts
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This legendary bottling of Green Chartreuse, labeled 'Fabriquée à Voiron' and dating from the historic 1941–1951 period, represents a golden era of monastic distilling. Following their exile to Tarragona and the catastrophic 1935 landslide that destroyed their Fourvoirie facility, the Carthusian Monks consolidated production at their Voiron distillery. This era's bottlings are highly prized by collectors for their unique glass-aging evolution. Crafted from the secret recipe of 130 botanicals macerated in grape alcohol and aged in oak, this spirit has spent decades maturing in the bottle, transforming its intense, fiery herbal profile into a remarkably complex, harmonious elixir showing notes of candied mint, anise, rosemary, damp earth, and warm honey.
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Dating back to 1605 when the Carthusian Monks of the Grande Chartreuse monastery received a manuscript containing the recipe for an 'Elixir of Long Life,' Chartreuse is one of the world's most storied and enigmatic spirits. Handcrafted by the Monks of the Order of the Chartreux, production historically centered in Voiron, France, with a significant period of exile in Tarragona, Spain, before moving to the modern Aiguenoire distillery in Entre-Deux-Guiers. The production process remains a closely guarded secret known to only two monks, involving the maceration of 130 botanicals in grape-based alcohol followed by extensive aging in oak casks. Renowned for its complex herb-forward profile, the house is celebrated for its iconic Green (Verte) and Yellow (Jaune) expressions, alongside highly coveted V.E.P. (Vieillissement Exceptionnellement Prolongé) and historic Tarragona bottlings. This legendary producer continues to bridge centuries of monastic tradition with unmatched artisanal excellence in the world of fine spirits and liqueurs.