Yellow Chartreuse 1985-1989 - Tarragona, 75 cl

Bottle in good general condition. Screw cap in correct condition, impact on the top. Under cap level 3,8 cm. A piece of tax stamp glued on the cap, trace of glue on one side. Front label dirty and damaged, a little bit torn in the middle, wavy, with impacts. Back label in correct condition. Smooth glass, slightly rough on the shouders. Seal on the bottle. Bright shade. Deposit on the bottom.  

€1,800.00
Reference:
CJ_195H
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Data sheet

Period
1985-1989
Format
75 cl
Color
Yellow Chartreuse
Production origin
Spain, Tarragona
% vol.
40 %
Producer
Pères Chartreux
Tasting Note
To bring out the flavors, Chartreuse is best served with ice. Traditionally considered an after dinner drink, Chartreuse is more and more being enjoyed as a long drink
Level
3,8 cm
Label
Damaged
Glass
Smooth
Cap
Screw cap, good condition
Tax Stamp
Severely damaged
Shade
Light
Misc.
Deposit on the bottom
Back label
Average condition
Producer: Les Pères Chartreux
Les Pères Chartreux

The famous liqueur made by Carthusian monks

 

In 1605, at a Chartreuse monastery of Vauvert, in Paris, the monks received a gift from Marshal d'Estrées, an already ancient manuscript from an “Elixir”, which no one knows the origin of. In this period, only a few monks and even fewer apothecaries understood the use of herbs and plants in the treatment of illness. The manuscript's recipe was so complex that only bits and pieces of it were understood and used by the monastery's apothecary, Frère Jerome Maubec. He finally unraveled the mystery and, in 1737, drew up the practical formula for the preparation of the Elixir.

The distribution and sales of this new medicine were limited. One of the monks of La Grande Chartreuse would load his mule with the small bottles that he sold in Grenoble and Chambéry, and other nearby villages. So tasty was this elixir that it was often used as a beverage rather than a medicine. Recognizing this, the monks, in 1764, adapted the elixir recipe to make a milder beverage, and which we know today as "Green Chartreuse" (55% alcohol). The success of this liqueur was immediate and its fame was no longer restricted to the area around La Grande Chartreuse.  In 1838, the Chartreuse distillers developed a sweeter form of Chartreuse: "Yellow Chartreuse" (43% alcohol)

In 1903, the French government nationalized the Chartreuse distillery. The monks were expelled. The monks took their secret recipe to their refuge in Tarragona, Spain, where they built a new distillery, and began producing their spirits with the same label, but with an additional label which said "Liqueur fabriquée à Tarragone par les Pères Chartreux" ("liqueur manufactured in Tarragone by the Carthusian Fathers"). After World War II, the government lifted the expulsion order, making the Carthusian monks once again legal French residents. Since the closure of the distillery of Tarragona in 1989, the liqueur is produced exclusively in Voiron using the herbal mixture prepared by two monks at Grande Chartreuse.

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