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Massenez

Massenez 'Garden Party' Basilic (Basil) Liqueur

Style Liqueurs
Producer Massenez
Origin Alsace (Val de Villé)
$54 / btl
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What it tastes like.

The basil, freshly cut, is directly macerated in alcohol and then distilled. A simple addition of sugar and colouring is enough to elaborate this liqueur, restoring perfectly the organoleptic signature of the basil. An exceptional aromatic intensity! 

25% ABV

375ml

The house

About Massenez.

Alsace (Val de Villé) ·Est. 1870

Founded in 1870 by Jean-Baptiste Massenez in the village of Urbeis in the Val de Villé, Massenez built its reputation on Alsatian eaux-de-vie — particularly its wild-raspberry framboise sauvage, which the second-generation Eugène Massenez first commercialised. Four generations of the family ran the house, expanding into Parisian gastronomy in the mid-twentieth century and opening a new Val de Villé distillery in 1979. Since December 2014, Massenez has been part of Grandes Distilleries Peureux, the Fougerolles spirit group, while continuing to operate from its Alsatian site.

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At the table

How to pour it.

  • Temperature

    12°C. Cooler kills the fruit aromatics.

  • Glassware

    Small tulip. Riedel Brand & Spirits is purpose-built.

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Why Caravan backs Massenez

Alsace (Val de Villé)

Distillerie Massenez began in 1870 when Jean-Baptiste Massenez set up as a distiller in Urbeis, a village in the Val de Villé in Alsace's Bas-Rhin. His son Eugène took over as Master Distiller and is credited with the first commercial wild-raspberry eau-de-vie — a product that, according to the house, drew the loyalty of the Queen of Sweden during her visits to Alsace and earned Massenez the title of official supplier to the Swedish royal court.

The third generation, Gabriel-Eugène Massenez, took the house into Parisian gastronomy from the 1950s, supplying brasseries Flo, Bofinger and Pied de Cochon. In 1979, Gabriel-Eugène opened a new distillery in the Val de Villé, inaugurated by Paul Bocuse. From 1982, fourth-generation Manou Massenez led the export drive, expanding into more than 110 countries. The house specialises in two production styles: distilled eaux-de-vie of single fruits (kirsch, framboise sauvage, poire William, mirabelle), and fruit-macerated crèmes and liqueurs (cassis, framboise, fraise des bois, mure, abricot, pêche).

In December 2014, Grandes Distilleries Peureux of Fougerolles acquired Massenez, fusing the two houses under the Peureux corporate umbrella; Lemercier and Émile Coulin distilleries followed in 2016. The Massenez line continues to ship from the Val de Villé site under its own brand. The current catalogue includes more than thirty crèmes and liqueurs at 17–25% ABV plus the eaux-de-vie at 40%, covering everything from the rare Crème de Camomille and Crème de Châtaigne to the cocktail-program staples (cassis, framboise, fraise des bois) and Calvados Vieux including the curiosity bottle with a captive apple inside.

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