Chartreuse - VEP 2024 - Jaune/Yellow - Vieillissement Exceptionnellement Prolonge - 100cl

The history of this legendary liqueur has its roots back in 1605, when a small group of Carthusian monks received a manuscript from Marshal D'Estrees containing the recipe for a complex and detailed Elixir Di Lunga Vita. It will take at least 150 years before the brotherhood, established in the Grande Chartreuse massif in the French Alps, begins to produce the range of liqueurs we know. Chartreuse is today the oldest liqueur on the market and has loyal followers all over the world: including the famous American director Quentin Tarantino, who mentions it in his films, and the fashion designer Giorgio Armani. PRODUCTION METHOD The production of Chartreuse is particularly complex. The majority of the botanicals used come from the French and Italian Alps. The herbal treatment phase is secret. Only the monks of the monastery can make it. Some herbs are infused, others distilled in “baskets” to release the most delicate aromas. Chlorophyll gives the intense green color and saffron the yellow one. Only two monks, Don Benoit and Fra Jan Jacques, participate in the second secret phase of the production process. The alcohol is left to mature in large barrels of thousands of liters for at least three years, from here the Green and the Yellow come out. With over 15 years of aging we have an Extremely Prolonged Aging reference, the green VEP and the yellow VEP, which continue aging in small barriques. Chartreuse VEP Yellow is perhaps the king of all liqueurs, certainly the most aged on the market. A Yellow Chartreuse with over 15 years of aging, in small barriques.
100cl 42%vol. France