Peres Chartreux Une Tarragone Jaune Periode -1941
⏳ Drikkevindue
Ready to drink now, this historic spirit is virtually immortal and will maintain its extraordinary character indefinitely if kept in optimal cellar conditions.
🍽️ Mad & Vin-match
Dark chocolate truffles, artisanal blue cheese, pear tart Tatin
✨ Tekniske specifikationer
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.
🍾 Om vinhuset / producenten
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.