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    Instantly ready-to-pour and perfectly measured, Combier’s cocktail mixes are among the distillery’s best sellers. This delicious cocktail mix includes L’Original Combier triple sec/orange liqueur, cane sugar syrup and lemon juice. Simply...
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    Pastis Combier is made in the traditional manner using badian (star anise). Light and refreshing, its off-white colour with pale green highlights is entirely natural with no added caramel or sugar. The recipe devised by the master distiller uses more than...
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    In 2010, Franck Choisne was instrumental in obtaining an amendment to the 1988 Decree forbidding the use of fennel in absinthe. According to historical recipes belonging to the distillery, fennel is an essential ingredient for producing authentic absinthe...
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    Blanchette absinthe was initially produced by Combier between 1899 and 1915 and recreated in 2006 using the same 19th-century alembic stills. Blanchette is a « swiss » style authentic white absinthe with a dominant aniseed flavour. A particula...
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    Pure Folie Gin is small batch distilled in Combier’s historial alembic stills and transformed by the surprising touch of Pure Folie liqueur. This gin combines the typical flavours of distilled gin, coriander and juniper offset by the intensity ofstr...
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    Gin Meridor is the first Loire Valley produced London Dry Gin. The recipe created by Franck Choisne is the fruit of over two years of research and development and is achieved by distilling all the ingredients together in Combier’s historic alembic s...
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    A supremely elegant and sophisticated liqueur, Pure Folie is the essence of the strawberry, a Loire Valley speciality. Devised as an ode to these small, juicy, fragrant fruits, its spicy sweetness will surprise with hints of mint and ginger in the depths ...
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    An ancient liqueur of Germanic tradition, Kummel was a particular favourite in Eastern Europe. Its name can mean either cumin or caraway. An unusual liqueur, it was first produced at the Combier distillery in 1852. Combier’s master distiller has rev...
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    Saumur is also the cradle of Guignolet d´Anjou, a unique liqueur made from guignes. Since 1890, the Combier Distillery has owned the original recipe for this delicacy created in 1632 by Reverend Madeleine Gautron, mother superior of the Couvent de l...
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    An astonishingly modern liqueur for its times, Royal Combier, quickly became the favourite tipple of the Cadre Noir Officers from the nearby School of Cavalry. A judicious blend of L’Original Combier, Elixir Combier and premium cognac, it’s so...
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    A hygienic dessert liqueur devised by the revolutionary Doctor Raspail was the inspiration behind the recipe for ElixirCombier. Studying the recipe in Raspail’s famous medical almanack, the talented Jean-Baptiste Combier set out to improve the origi...
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    This famous liqueur was initially developed in a single alembic still at the back of the shop set up in 1834 by confectioner Jean-Baptiste Combier and his wife Josephine Destre. With fresh oranges arriving on Loire river barges and no doubt inspired by hi...
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    The Combier distillery is the oldest in activity in the Loire Valley. Founded in 1834, it has remained ever since on the same plot in the heart of Saumur. From the start, the distillery took full advantage of its position deep in the « Garden of Fra...
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