Tarragone Green
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Extremely long-lived. While ready to enjoy now, these historic bottles possess virtually limitless aging potential, continuing to develop profound complexity over 50 to 100 years.
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Dark chocolate desserts, pungent blue cheeses, or enjoyed neat as a classic digestif.
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The legendary 'Tarragone Green' represents a fascinating and highly collectible chapter in the history of Chartreuse. Following their expulsion from France in 1903, the Carthusian Monks established a distillery in Tarragona, Spain, where they produced their iconic herbal liqueur until 1989. This Spanish-period bottling, revered by spirits connoisseurs worldwide, is crafted from the closely guarded recipe of 130 botanicals macerated in a grape spirit base and aged in oak. Over decades of bottle aging, these historic spirits undergo a magical transformation, where the intense, fiery herbaceousness of the young 55% ABV liqueur mellows into an incredibly complex, harmonious elixir of candied citrus, anise, mint, and warm honeyed spices.
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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.