Chartreuse Yellow Liqueur

750ML
SKU: 008912008230

The order of chartreuse was more than 500 years old when in 1605 at a chartreuse monastery in vauvert a small suburb of paris the monks received a gift from francois hannibal d’ estrees marshal of french king henri iv’s artillery: an already ancient manuscript from an elixir soon to be nicknamed elixir of long life. This hand-written document was probably the work of a 16th century alchemist with a great knowledge of herbs and who possessed the skill to blend infuse macerate the 130 of them to form a perfect balanced tonic. By the early 17th century only a few monks and even fewer apothecaries understood the use of herbs and plants in the treatment of illness

The order of chartreuse was more than 500 years old when in 1605 at a chartreuse monastery in vauvert a small suburb of paris the monks received a gift from francois hannibal d’ estrees marshal of french king henri iv’s artillery: an already ancient manuscript from an elixir soon to be nicknamed elixir of long life. This hand-written document was probably the work of a 16th century alchemist with a great knowledge of herbs and who possessed the skill to blend infuse macerate the 130 of them to form a perfect balanced tonic. By the early 17th century only a few monks and even fewer apothecaries understood the use of herbs and plants in the treatment of illness

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