La Clandestine Absinthe
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La Clandestine Absinthe is one of the best-known brands of absinthe, known as a highly alcoholic, anise-flavored, distilled liquor containing the herb wormwood (Artemisia absinthium), transparent in color, turning to cloudy, opalescent white when mixed with water. Highly aromatic, this spirit is dry and somewhat bitter in taste, with an alcoholic content in the original Clandestine of 53 percent by volume (or 106 proof).
La Clandestine now comes in three styles, the original Clandestine, at 53%, the stronger 72% Capricieuse, created for export markets, and the Recette Marianne, a low fenchone absinthe, created specially for the French market.
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[edit] La Clandestine Absinthe
La Clandestine Absinthe was launched in 2005 by Artemisia-Bugnon, set up by a hitherto "underground" distiller, Claude-Alain Bugnon. It is said to be based on a 1935 recipe from a Swiss distiller known as Charlotte.
La Clandestine had been circulating unofficially for several years prior to 2005, but the Swiss legalisation of absinthe on March 1st, 2005, encouraged Bugnon to apply for an official licence and he was one of the first distillers in the historically important Val-de-Travers region to get such a licence.
While La Clandestine can be drunk in the traditional manner, adding chilled water poured over a sugar cube, its distiller recommends drinking it without sugar.
[edit] La Capricieuse
La Capricieuse, at 72%, was launched in summer 2005, in response to the demand for a stronger absinthe in several of its markets worldwide.
[edit] La Recette Marianne
La Recette Marianne, at 55%, was launched in autumn 2005, in response to the demand in France for an absinthe with a lower fenchone content. It was this absinthe which won the Golden Spoon award at the Pontarlier Absinthiades in 2005 and 2006.
[edit] External links
- La Clandestine Absinthe - Brand website
- One of the most popular absinthes - A thread from the Wormwood Society, an online absinthe forum.
- Winner of the Golden Spoon 2006- Publication and discussion of the results of the 2006 Absinthiades on L'Heure Verte, a French online absinthe forum.
- Swiss Spirits Awards - Winner of the Best Label and Presentation for all Spirits and Absinthe Gold Medal Winner.
