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Chartreuse Of. Episcopale du IIIe Millénaire

  • 45% |
  • 1L

Chartreuse Episcopale du IIIe Millénaire was created in 2000 to mark the dawn of the third millennium. Chartreuse Episcopale is a blend of Green and Yellow Chartreuse. The bottle is the same as the bottle used for Chartreuse V.E.P., itself a copy of the first known bottle of Chartreuse, which dates …More info

  • Distillery: Chartreuse
  • Appellation: Liqueur Herbale
  • Country/Region: France Savoie
  • Quantity: 1 Bottle
  • Level: 1 5cm
  • State: 1 slightly folded label, 1 very slightly marked label, 1 slightly damaged wax capsule
  • Origin: Private individual
  • Recoverable VAT: No
  • Remark: number 1437

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Chartreuse Of. Episcopale du IIIe Millénaire

The wine

Chartreuse Episcopale du IIIe Millénaire was created in 2000 to mark the dawn of the third millennium. Chartreuse Episcopale is a blend of Green and Yellow Chartreuse. The bottle is the same as the bottle used for Chartreuse V.E.P., itself a copy of the first known bottle of Chartreuse, which dates back to 1840.

The distillery Chartreuse

Mystery surrounds the origins of Chartreuse. In 1605, one of Estrées’‘ marshals presented the Carthusian Monks at Vauvert, Paris with a manuscript containing the formula for a plant elixir. In 1764, this formula using 130 plants was perfected and formalized by Father Jérôme Maubec, who created the Elixir Végétal de la Grande-Chartreuse, the monastery where Chartreuse would be produced until 1864. After a difficult end to the century marked by a French Revolution that posed many problems for religious orders, green and yellow Chartreuse were created in 1840 and quickly became popular. In 1903, the monks were expelled from France and sought refuge in Tarragona, Spain, where they continued to produce Chartreuse, despite the brand being sold to a group of liquor producers. They recovered the brand in 1929 and returned production to France, although the Tarragona distillery would continue operating until 1989. Today, Chartreuse Diffusion manages production, now at the Aigueneoire Distillery, which follows in the footsteps of Fourvoirie and Voiron. Various types of Chartreuse are distributed, from green Chartreuse, to yellow Chartreuse, the Elixir Végétal and VEPs. Older versions and limited editions are hugely popular among enthusiasts and collectors, who have nicknamed it the “Queen of Liqueurs”.

Detailed characteristics

  • Distillery: Chartreuse
  • Bottler: Of.
  • Appellation: Liqueur Herbale
  • Country/Region: France Savoie
  • Alcohol percentage: 45 %
  • Volume: 1L
  • Quantity: 1 Bottle
  • Level: 1 5cm
  • State: 1 slightly folded label, 1 very slightly marked label, 1 slightly damaged wax capsule
  • Case: No
  • Remark: number 1437
  • Origin: Private individual
  • Recoverable VAT: No
  • Color: Brown
Chartreuse Of. Episcopale du IIIe Millénaire
Chartreuse Of. Episcopale du IIIe Millénaire

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Chartreuse Of. Episcopale du IIIe Millénaire

iDealwine Price(1) corresponds to the hammer price and the buyer's premium charged by the auctioneer. (1)Bottle format