Classic anise-based French aperitif.
$76.00
750mlVintage may change. If it does, we’ll notify you of any price adjustment before dispatch.
About
Bright herbal aromatics — fennel, liquorice, spice. Clean and refreshing diluted with water — the southern French summertime drink.
The 1811 on the label is the year the Lemercier family dates its distillery to. They farmed orchards at Grand-Fahys in Fougerolles, below the Vosges, and made kirsch and plum eau-de-vie before it became the trade. Lemercier Frères now sits in the Peureux group beside Massenez, the name Australian importers put on it.
The recipe macerates and distils seeds and plants under controlled temperature. Wormwood, mugwort, gentian, liquorice root and star anise are the ones named. The distillates then rest at least nine months in glass demijohns in the attic before blending. The house describes the palate in three stages, anise first, then herbs and flowers, then liquorice. It is bottled at 45 percent.
Pour a measure over ice and top with cool water to taste. Lemercier first sold a pastis in 1923, filling the gap absinthe left when France banned it in 1915.
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