Emile Pernot Absinthe Berthe de Joux 56% 700ml

Emile Pernot

Distillerie Pernot Absinthe Berthe de Joux 56% 700ml

Style Absinthe
Producer Emile Pernot
Origin Doubs (La Cluse et Mijoux, near Pontarlier)
Bottle 700ml
$164 / btl
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Les fils d'Emile Pernot is a traditional French distillery founded in 1889 by Emile-Ferdinand Pernot in Pontarlier, in the Haut Doubs. \n \nThe green absinthe Berthe de Joux 56 ¡ Les fils d'Emile Pernot has been carefully distilled in century-old stills with a base of wine alcohol. The result is spicy, grassy, __fresh, peppery and terribly complex at the same time. \n \nAbsinthe Berthe de Joux is the very first absinthe entirely created and produced by our master distiller Dominique Rousselet (to whom also the Authentic absinthe), an absinthe very rich in mountain perfumes combined with a refinement worthy of the greatest 19th century absinthes, a BIG surprise! \n \nAbsinthe Berthe de Joux has been carefully distilled in our century-old stills with a wine alcohol base for its silky and fruity notes, green anise for its gourmet and spicy notes, fennel for its roundness in the mouth, the great absinthe of Pontarlier for its aromatic power and its herbaceous notes from our mountains, and many other natural plants kept secret. \n \nAbsinthe Berthe de Joux offers you a unique journey not only through time in order to rediscover the majestic flavors of the absinthes of yesteryear, but also a trip to our beautiful region with an aromatic bouquet rich in scents of the Jura mountains. \n \nAs for the origin of the name Berthe de Joux, here is the explanation: \n \nAmauri III de Joux crossed paths around 1170. His wife, Berthe, barely nubile, waited several years for him when one evening, a wounded knight presented himself at the castle. It was the young Amey de Montfaucon, a very handsome boy if legend is to be believed, Berthe, who had no more news from the Holy Land and believing her husband had fallen under the blows of the infidels, consoled herself in the arms of that childhood friend. Returning when we were no longer expected, Amauri surprised the two lovers. Drunk with rage, he pierced Amey de Montfaucon with three sword blows and ordered that his body be hung on a gallows planted on the rocks of the "Fauconni�re". \n \nAs for the unfaithful wife, she was condemned to be locked up for her life in a tiny dungeon where she could only stand on her knees, facing a narrow slit offering for only show the naked body, dislocated and eaten by crows. of her beautiful lover. On the death of Amauri, his son, the young Henri de Joux, took pity on his mother whom he sent to end his days "amended" and repented at the abbey of Montbeno”t. This late remorse near Amauri's tomb was perhaps not enough to appease the divine anger because, nearly eight centuries later, some practiced ears still hear, when the north wind blows at night near the entrenchment of Chauffaud, " Pray, vassals, pray on your knees, Pray to God for Berthe de Joux! ÈFairy tale or true story? The Berthe's existence is attested in medieval charters. She still lived in Montbeno”t in 1228. Amey de Montfaucon, or its namesake, Count de Montbéliard, lived in the 12th century. As for the place called "Fauconni�re, it would take its name from Amey de Montfaucon ...
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About Emile Pernot.

Doubs (La Cluse et Mijoux, near Pontarlier) ·Est. 1889

Distillerie Les Fils d'Émile Pernot was founded in 1889 in Pontarlier, capital of French absinthe, by Emile-Ferdinand Pernot, a Fougerolles-trained distiller. The house is one of the few continuously-running absinthe producers from the pre-1915 ban era; it stayed family-run until 2005. In 2009 production moved from central Pontarlier to the old Cousin Jeune building at La Cluse et Mijoux, at the foot of the Château de Joux, where it now operates.

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Doubs (La Cluse et Mijoux, near Pontarlier)

In 1889, Emile-Ferdinand Pernot — recently arrived from Fougerolles, where he had trained as a distiller — joined the Parrot brothers in Pontarlier to establish Émile Pernot et Cie. The timing put them at the height of the Pontarlier absinthe trade: by 1900, the town had 25 absinthe distilleries employing 38% of its workforce. Pernot survived the 1915 French ban (the firm pivoted to other liqueurs) and resumed absinthe production once the law allowed it. The distillery passed from father to son until 2005, when Emile and Odile Pernot sold the operation.

In 2009 production moved from the original Pontarlier site to the Cousin Jeune building at La Cluse et Mijoux, at the foot of the Château de Joux on the Swiss-French border. The current range carries multiple absinthe expressions — the Vieux Pontarlier reference at 65%, the Bourgeois at 55%, the Berthe de Joux at 56%, the Cousin Jeune at 65%, the Deniset Jeune at 56%, plus a 25% sweetened liqueur d'absinthe — and the unusual Liqueur de Sapin (fir-bud and mountain-plant maceration at 40%).

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