Abbaye de Lérins

On the island of Saint-Honorat off the French Riviera, monks have lived and worked since the 5th century. Abbaye de Lérins is home to a small monastic community that still uses the island's natural resources to create spirits and liqueurs following medieval methods. It's a tradition where knowledge of herbs and plants became part of monastic survival.

Abbaye de Lerins Lerina Jaune French Liqueur 50 cl 43%

Item no.: 2222786539-70557

The monastery's golden counterpart to the green Lérina - Lérina Jaune is the monks' warm, rounded herbal liqueur, where honey and spice melt together in a glass carrying centuries of tradition.
Ekspertens beskrivelse
Abbaye de Lérins Lérina Jaune is a French herbal liqueur made by the monks of Lérins Abbey on the island of Saint-Honorat near Cannes, bottled at 43% 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. Lérina Jaune is the golden version of the monastery's herbal liqueurs, made according to traditional monastic recipes with a unique blend of aromatic herbs and spices.
Smag
Lérina Jaune has a warm, rounded flavour where notes of herbs, spices and floral elements melt together with a light sweetness. It has a glowing golden colour and an intense aroma with hints of honey, saffron, aniseed and citrus. The finish is long and balanced with a soft warmth from the high alcohol content.
Specifikationer
Name: Lérina Jaune
Producer/Distillery: Abbaye de Lérins (Lérins Abbey)
Country: France (Saint-Honorat, Cannes)
Type: Herbal liqueur
Main ingredients: Honey, saffron, aniseed, citrus and other herbs and spices
ABV: 43%
Size: 50 cl
EAN no.: 3760043869046
Serving suggestion: Enjoy as a digestif, optionally over ice or diluted with a little water
Smagsprofil
Golden · Spiced · Honey · Rounded
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Lérina Jaune is the golden counterpart to the green Lérina Verte, and both are made by the same monks on Saint-Honorat following recipes refined throughout the monastery's long history.
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38,75

1pcs.
33,75EUR
Abbaye de Lerins Lerina Verte French Liqueur 50 cl 50%

Item no.: 2222786539-70555

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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40,00

1pcs.
34,75EUR

About Abbaye de Lérins

Abbaye de Lérins is a monastery on the island of Saint-Honorat near Cannes, founded in the 5th century, where the monks still produce spirits following old monastic traditions. For newcomers it's a narrative-rich entry into French monastery liqueur; for connoisseurs, the medieval origin and the continued monastic community are a rarity that sets Lérins apart from commercial producers.

History & background

Abbaye de Lérins is a Cistercian monastery liqueur, distilled by the monks on the island of Saint-Honorat off Cannes, where the monastery has existed since the 5th century. The monks have grown wine on the island for centuries, and the liqueur range Lérina, marketed by the monastery under the name Abbaye de Lérins, is based on local herbs from the island's gardens. Proceeds from sales go towards running the monastery, in keeping with the Benedictine and Cistercian tradition of monasteries funding themselves through craft.

Production & style

The liqueur is made from herbs grown on the island itself, macerated and distilled following the monastery's own traditional methods.

Signature style

Herbal, Monastic, Complex
The flavour is complex and herbal, with an authentic monastic character.

Facts

Producer	Abbaye de Lérins
Region	Île Saint-Honorat, Cannes
Country	France
Owner	The Cistercian monks of Île Saint-Honorat
Official website	abbayedelerins.com
Founded	1869 (monks return); liqueur production from the late 19th century
Pronounced	ah-BAY duh leh-REHN

Did you know?

The monks on Saint-Honorat have grown wine and herbs on the island since the Middle Ages, and the island is today one of the few places in France where monastery alcohol production still continues in an unbroken centuries-old tradition.

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