Peres Chartreux Une Tarragone Jaune Periode -1941
⏳ Drinking Window
Ready to drink now, this historic spirit is virtually immortal and will maintain its extraordinary character indefinitely if kept in optimal cellar conditions.
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Dark chocolate truffles, artisanal blue cheese, pear tart Tatin
✨ Technical Specifications
This legendary bottling represents a fascinating chapter in the history of the Carthusian Monks. Following their expulsion from France in 1903, the monks established a distillery in Tarragona, Spain, where they continued to produce their enigmatic liqueurs. The 'Tarragone Jaune' from the 1936-1941 period—coinciding with the tumultuous years of the Spanish Civil War—is highly prized by collectors for its historical significance and unmatched complexity. Crafted from a secret recipe of 130 botanicals macerated in a grape spirit and aged in oak casks, this Yellow Chartreuse is softer, sweeter, and more honeyed than its Green counterpart, with its golden hue naturally derived from saffron. Bottles from this era have developed an extraordinary, ethereal integration of herbal, citrus, and warm spice notes over decades of bottle aging.
🍾 About the Producer
Chartreuse represents one of the world's most legendary and enigmatic spirit traditions, rooted in an alchemical manuscript for an 'elixir of long life' presented to the Carthusian monks by François Annibal d'Estrées in 1605. Brother Jérôme Maubec and Brother Antoine spent decades unraveling its formula, establishing the Élixir Végétal in 1764 and Green Chartreuse in 1840. While production historically migrated from Fourvoirie to Tarragona during monastic expulsion, and later Voiron, primary distillation moved to the Aiguenoire facility in Entre-Deux-Guiers in 2018. Surrounded by the limestone massifs of the Prealps, only two designated Carthusian monks hold the complete secret formula, overseeing the selection, weighing, and blending of 130 alpine herbs, plants, and botanicals. The complex multi-stage macerations and copper pot distillations age in colossal uncharred oak foudres, creating peerlessly complex liqueurs capable of decades of bottle maturation. Benchmark expressions include the intensely herbal Green Chartreuse (55% ABV), saffron-tinged Yellow Chartreuse (43% ABV), and extended-cellared V.E.P. bottlings.