Spiritueux de prestige - Vermouth

Invented by Joseph Noilly in 1813 in Marseillan in the Héraut region, which is favorable to the production of Vermouth since it is suitable for native grape varieties such as picpoul, ideal for this preparation. It was common at the time to prepare this beverage in different places in order to keep the preparation steps a secret : maceration, drying of the plants, spice selection, blending... Besides wine spirit, the barrels for open-air maturation received various wines, lemon zests and a mix of plants and spices, including chamomile, thistle, egyptian cornflower, bigarade, cinchona bark, iris root, coriander and nutmeg.