Liqueur

Chartreuse

Chartreuse is a French herbal liqueur made by the Carthusian monks of the Grande Chartreuse monastery from a secret recipe blending some 130 plants, herbs and flowers macerated and distilled in spirit, then sweetened and aged in oak. It comes chiefly in two styles — the intense, vivid Green Chartreuse at 55 percent alcohol and the milder, honeyed Yellow Chartreuse at 40 percent — the green giving its name to the colour chartreuse.

Bittersweet55% ABV

At a glance

Signature

Herbal & Mint

Anise

Strength

Spirituous

55% ABV

Sweet and syrupy but bracingly strong, Green Chartreuse leads with a dense, pungent rush of herbs and green vegetal notes — mint, anise, thyme and pine — over warm baking spice (clove, cinnamon), a touch of floral and a long, bitter, resinous finish with a high alcoholic warmth; Yellow Chartreuse is milder and sweeter, with honey, saffron and softer herbal florals.

Taste balance

SweetnessMedium

DrySweet

AciditySoft

SoftTart

BitternessMedium

SmoothBitter

StrengthStrong

LightStrong

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