Noix de la Saint Jean

Hand crushed Dauphiné green walnuts, harvested at Saint-Jean, muscade and cinnamon lend this aperitif its spicy and fruity flavours.

The infusion of green nuts is obtained by maceration of fresh nuts (with stain) collected according to the tradition on St. John’s day (the origin of the name of this aperitif). The nuts are crushed in an old arm crusher then placed to macerate in a mixture of wine and alcohol for 6 to 12 days in order to extract all of the aromatic part of the fruit. A maceration of stain of dry nuts also is made.

A maceration of spices (cinnamon, cloves, peppers, nutmeg) is made fifteen days before the final product is created.

When these macerations end, we draw out the infusions: green nut infusion, nut stain infusion and infusion of aromatics to add them to our aperitif. The fruit or spices, still penetrated with alcohol and flavors, are distilled in our still in order to remove the spirit.

The infusions, spirits and flavors are mixed into the wine, sugar and alcohol to make the Noix de la Saint Jean. Then, it will be necessary to wait 5 to 6 months in order to drink our aperitif.

Green Walnut Apertif Wine

75cl