Chartreuse liqueur dates back to 1605, when the monks of a monastery near Paris received a manuscript as a gift from Henry IV's marshal containing the recipe of an alchemist with great knowledge of herbs and the ability to treat them to create a beneficial remedy. After years spent trying to interpret the manuscript, the first practical formula for reproducing this "Elixir of long life" was drawn up in the early 1700s. Nowadays, this recipe is reproduced exclusively by the monks of Chartreuse, who refer to the ancient manuscript to recreate what is now called the "Vegetal Elixir of the Grand-Chartreuse". The recipe, kept secret, contains 130 herbs that are macerated in quality alcohol and then distilled. It is then aged in oak barrels in the evocative cellars of Voiron. This liqueur was created in 2005 to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the manuscript.

300 Cl

56% Vol.