A secret recipe kept alive on a monastery island since the 15th century - Lérina Verte is the monks' own herbal liqueur, brewed with stillness, patience and deep respect for the herbs growing around them.
Ekspertens beskrivelse
Abbaye de Lérins Lérina Verte is a French herbal liqueur made by the monks of Lérins Abbey on the island of Saint-Honorat near Cannes, bottled at 50% ABV.
The monastery on Saint-Honorat was founded around the year 410 by Saint Honoratus and today has an active Cistercian community of around 21 monks. For more than a hundred years the monks have made liqueurs known collectively as La Lérina, producing around 9,000 bottles a year in total across the monastery's various liqueur and wine varieties.
Smag
Lérina Verte has a powerful, complex flavour dominated by botanical and herbal notes, with aromas of aniseed, fennel, wormwood and citrus. The colour is an intense, natural green, and the taste is full-bodied with a slightly sweet character that sets it apart from a true absinthe. The finish is long and powerful, with warmth from the high alcohol content.
Specifikationer
Name: Lérina Verte
Producer/Distillery: Abbaye de Lérins (Lérins Abbey)
Country: France (Saint-Honorat, Cannes)
Type: Herbal liqueur
Main ingredients: Aniseed, fennel, wormwood, citrus and other herbs
ABV: 50%
Size: 50 cl
EAN no.: 3760043869015
Serving suggestion: Enjoy as a digestif, optionally over ice or diluted with a little water
Smagsprofil
Herbal · Complex · Aniseed · Powerful
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The monks of Saint-Honorat together produce only about 9,000 bottles of liqueur and wine a year, making every bottle of Lérina the result of small-scale monastic craftsmanship rather than industrial production.
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