La Fée Absinthe
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La Fée Absinthe is one of the best-known brands of absinthe; it is a highly alcoholic, anise-flavored, distilled liquor containing the herb wormwood (Artemisia absinthium). La Fée Absinthe was created by Green Utopia, which is owned and run by George Rowley.
La Fée comes in four styles: Parisienne, an anise-flavored absinthe; Bohemian, a low-anise absinth; and La Fée X•S Suisse and La Fée X•S Française, which are two “extra supérieure,” wine-based absinthes.
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[edit] La Fée Absinthe Parisienne
La Fée Absinthe Parisienne was first produced in July 2000 in association with the Musée de l'Absinthe, Auvers-sur-Oise, France, and its founder and curator, Marie-Claude Delahaye.
The first traditional absinthe to be commercially produced in France since the ban of 1915, La Fée was developed in a French distillery under the supervision of Mme. Delahaye. It contains extracts from a dozen plants, including Artemisia absinthium (grande wormwood) and Artemisia pontica (petite wormwood, also called Roman wormwood).
It is artificially colored green and is bottled at 68% ABV or in a 45% ABV “shooter” version.
While La Fée Parisienne is normally drunk in the traditional manner of adding chilled water by pouring it over a sugar cube, it can be mixed in many modern cocktails.
[edit] La Fée Absinth Bohemian
La Fée Bohemian Absinth is a Czech-style, low-anise liquor that was first produced in November 2004. Because it is low-anise and does not produce a louche, it is considered to be a different product from absinthe (with an “e”). It is mostly mixed in cocktails rather than being drunk in the traditional manner of absinthe.
[edit] La Fée Absinthe X•S Suisse
La Fée X•S Suisse, officially released in 2007, is a La Bleue produced in the town of Couvet in the Val-de-Travers region of Switzerland. Each distillation takes place in small copper stills which have the capacity to produce just over 100 bottles. It has a wine alcohol base.
La Fée Absinthe X•S Suisse won the following awards in 2007: at the International Wine and Spirits Competition − Silver and “Best in Class,” and at the International Spirits Challenge − the “New Brand Innovation Award.” It also won the 2007 Absinthiades Golden Spoon Award.
[edit] La Fée Absinthe X•S Française
La Fée X•S Française, officially released in 2007, is a naturally colored verte and is distilled in the town of Pontarlier, the French homeland of absinthe. The production of X•S Française uses stills that were purchased secondhand in 1870. Traditional distillation methods are used with these stills. It has a wine alcohol base.
La Fée Absinthe X•S Française won the silver medal at the 2007 Absinthiades in Pontarlier.
[edit] External links
- La Fée Absinthe - Brand website.
- Absinthe's second coming - An April 2001 article in Cigar Aficionado about the first absinthe commercially produced in France since the 1915 ban.
