Yellow Grande Chartreuse Jaune
⏳ Drikkevindue
Ready to drink now. Due to its high alcohol and sugar content, this historic liqueur is virtually indestructible and will continue to drink beautifully for decades if stored properly.
🍽️ Mad & Vin-match
Dark chocolate desserts, pungent blue cheeses, or served neat as a digestif.
✨ Tekniske specifikationer
The historic 'Tarragona' era of Chartreuse is one of the most fascinating chapters in spirits history. Following their expulsion from France in 1903, the Carthusian Monks established a distillery in Tarragona, Spain, where they continued to produce their legendary liqueurs until 1989. The Yellow Chartreuse (Jaune) from this period, including the highly coveted 1967 bottling, is revered by collectors for its distinct character, which differs subtly from its French-made counterparts due to local ingredient sourcing and the unique microclimate of the Spanish cellars. Crafted from a secret recipe of 130 botanicals macerated in grape spirit and naturally colored with saffron, this expression is softer, sweeter, and more honeyed than the Green, offering an incredibly complex nose of anise, thyme, rosemary, and warm citrus peel that has evolved magnificently 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.