Yellow 9eme Centenaire Bottled
⏳ Drinking Window & Cellar Guidance
While delicious immediately upon release, this exceptional liqueur has an indefinite lifespan and will continue to evolve, mellow, and gain complexity in the bottle for decades.
🍽️ Culinary Pairings
Dark chocolate desserts, apricot tart, artisanal blue cheese
✨ Technical Specifications
Created in 1984 to commemorate the 900th anniversary of the founding of the Carthusian Order by Saint Bruno in 1084, the Chartreuse 9eme Centenaire is an exceptional, highly coveted expression. This special cuvée is a masterfully selected blend of aged Yellow Chartreuse liqueurs, bottled at a slightly higher strength of 47% ABV to preserve and amplify its aromatic intensity. Handcrafted by the Carthusian Monks using their legendary, closely guarded recipe of 130 botanicals macerated in a grape spirit base, it undergoes extended aging in oak casks. The result is a liqueur of remarkable depth, balancing honeyed sweetness with an intricate tapestry of alpine herbs, saffron, anise, and citrus peel. It is presented in a distinctive, individually numbered bottle that replicates the design of historic 19th-century Chartreuse flacons.
🍾 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.