Chartreuse 1605 Liqueur d'Elixir

Chartreuse 1605 Liqueur d'Elixir is a herbal liqueur that revives the first Chartreuse elixir. Its story begins with a manuscript given to the Carthusian monks of the Chartreuse de Vauvert in Paris in 1605 by Marshal François Hannibal d'Estrées. It held the formula for an elixir of long life, deciphered with the help of Brother Jérôme Maubec, apothecary of La Grande Chartreuse. The liqueur is considered the forerunner of Green Chartreuse. The monks have restored the original recipe and renamed the elixir to mark the event 400 years on. It is meant as a digestif, to close a meal or to be enjoyed at the end of the day.