Liqueurs de France Enigma Verte de Fougerolles Absinthe (700ml)

This unfiltered absinthe produced by Paul Devoille near Pontarlier in France, is made from a combination of aromatic herbs and plants, including grande and petite wormwood, anise, fennel and hyssop. Made by following the distillery's own technique of copper pot distilling each plant separately in batches of less than 1000 litres, blending the resulting full alcohol distillates and then finishing with an 'esprit vert' ('green spirit' - a natural maceration of additional plants in grape spirits, including veronica, a.k.a.'speedwell' - adding tea-like aromas) which is mixed in during the final stage of production. No sugar is added.

Other reviews… This is a pale olive green. Intense, with that dustiness, but also chamomile tea, fennel. The louche is slow and mysterious, the green fairy awakening, out comes sage, Japanese green tea, and angelica. Complex, yet elusive. Things are slightly floaty, but it’s hard to say if it is the alcohol or the fairy at work. - David Broom, Spectator, November 2009. size>