Tarragona Fabriquee Green -89
⏳ Drinking Window
Fully mature and ready to enjoy now, though it possesses an almost indefinite aging potential in bottle, continuing to develop tertiary complexity over many decades.
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
dark chocolate, blue cheese, roasted nuts
✨ Technical Specifications
The legendary 'Tarragona' bottlings of Chartreuse hold a mythical status among spirits collectors, representing a historic era when the Carthusian Monks produced their famous elixir in Spain. Following their expulsion from France in 1903, the monks established a distillery in the Catalan port city of Tarragona, continuing production there until 1989. The 'Tarragona Fabriquee Green 1985-89' represents the very final years of this Spanish chapter. Crafted from the secret recipe of 130 botanicals, this expression is celebrated for its unique character, often described as richer, rounder, and possessing a distinct herbal density compared to its French-distilled counterparts of the same era. The spirit was aged in large oak vats, allowing the complex botanical compounds to integrate beautifully with the alcohol, creating a legendary digestif that bridges monastic tradition and Spanish history.
🍾 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.