COUNTRY :
France
REGION :
Languedoc
PRODUCTION :
Lana Labermeier & Sunshine Erickson
Lana and Sunshine, both from the US, met in France while working as export managers for French wine companies. They made a home for themselves in the south, near Montpellier, where they created La Theriaque Spiritueux in 2020.
The gins and vermouths are made in a style reminiscent of the 18th and 19th centuries: a base of local wine, a mix of organically farmed and foraged wild herbs and aromatics, and a 300l Charentais pot still. Their methods require intuitive choices that result in terroir driven spirits.
Process and technical information here
CUVÉES
Garrigue
Country: France
Base: natural wine from local winemakers
Base: natural wine from local winemakers
Process: Juniper, rosemary, thyme, fennel, acacia flower, lavender, fig, and others are macerated overnight in the base alcohol, traditional “one-shot” distilling in copper pot still
ABV: 45%
ABV: 45%
“*Our gins are not legally allowed to be labeled “gin” because of European Union law requiring that alcohols named “gin” or “vodka” attain a base alcohol of 96% ethanol. Spirits produced in old, traditional, discontinuous stills will never reach this level of ethanol; only sprits distilled in modern, column stills can reach this level of ethanol. We so strongly believe that the quality of spirits made in these old stills is so much higher that we are foregoing the right to put the word “gin” on our labels. Our “gins” must legally be called “eaux-de-vie”. We are part of a movement of small distilleries working with old discontinuous stills, called Gnole Naturelle that produce spirits in a traditional style and advocate for the right to do so.”
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Country: France
Base: Natural wine from local winemakers
Base: Natural wine from local winemakers
Process: Hand foraged wild juniper and wild arbouse are macerated overnight in the base alcohol, “one-shot” distilling in copper pot still.
ABV: 45%
ABV: 45%
“*Our gins are not legally allowed to be labeled “gin” because of European Union law requiring that alcohols named “gin” or “vodka” attain a base alcohol of 96% ethanol. Spirits produced in old, traditional, discontinuous stills will never reach this level of ethanol; only sprits distilled in modern, column stills can reach this level of ethanol. We so strongly believe that the quality of spirits made in these old stills is so much higher that we are foregoing the right to put the word “gin” on our labels. Our “gins” must legally be called “eaux-de-vie”. We are part of a movement of small distilleries working with old discontinuous stills, called Gnole Naturelle that produce spirits in a traditional style and advocate for the right to do so.”