Bénédictine D.O.M. French Liqueur, Made From a Secret Recipe of 27 Traditional Roots, Herbs & Spices, Notes of Light Honey, Citrus & Soft Almond, 40% ABV, 70cl / 700ml

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Benedictine French liqueur offers a light herbal, spicy fragrance with aromas of dried fruits, a drier palate with soft woody notes, and a mild finish of honey. This blend is double-heated to finish the flavor before going into oak barrels to age for four months.The brand, however, only reveals angelica and saffron, making no other claims or allusions as to what the exact ingredient list entails. The recipe disappeared during the French Revolution, but in 1863, wine trader Alexandre Le Grand was said to have found it in his library and set out to recreate Vincelli’s elixir—with a few tweaks.

One day, as he was going through old documents in his family’s treasure of a library, he came across an aged manuscript for the study of hermeticism and alchemy. The fusion of aromas includes a wealth of spices and fruits as well as notes of honey, butterscotch, orange, cloves and cardamom which make this a pungent and enjoyable liqueur. The recipe for Bénédictine is proprietary and one of the "secret" recipes seen so often on the liqueur side of the distilled spirits industry. Benedictine is still distilled and aged in a flamboyant palace in the Abbey of Fécamp, in Normandy, France. M. Bénédictine is a unique liqueur with a romantic and mysterious past with history that includes an old Bénédictine monk, The Philosopher’s Stone, a French king, the French revolution and a catastrophic fire that would have defeated all but the most resilient.

v=1660748950","width":640}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"The world-famous Chivas Regal Scotch blend has been a luxurious choice since the 1900's. If you continue without changing your cookies settings, we’ll assume you’re happy with the use of all cookies on our site. In the 1860s, a wine merchant named Alexandre Le Grand was browsing his family's collection that included acquisitions from the 1789 French Revolution.

My mum said that she was given Guinness by the British nurses (in Singapore) when she had my older sister! v=1596113515","options":["Size"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":6698776133683,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1. Cookies collect information about your preferences and your devices and are used to make the site work as you expect it to, to understand how you interact with the site, and to show advertisements that are targeted to your interests. Benedictine predates many of the famous cocktails it’s a component of by centuries, although it was nearly lost to history.Yellow Chartreuse is probably the closest in terms of the herbal bouquet and some amaro and pastis may work, too. The recipe is a closely guarded trade secret, purportedly known to only three people at any given time.

Some of the herbs and spices to create the Benedictine DOM liqueur have been used since the biblical times and many still have a place in folk remedies. It may not be reproduced in any way whatsoever without Wm Morrisons Supermarkets Limited prior consent, nor without due acknowledgement. found on the label stands for Deo Optimo Maximo which translates to " God, infinitely good, infinitely great.If you slowly breathe in, the flavour penetrates into your sinuses resulting in a lovely relaxing feeling. Instead, it has the flavor of sweet honey accented with holiday spices, stone fruits, and an herbal nuance.