The Charentaise Troussepinète

The blackthorn or wild sloe is a rare thorny bush, usually about three or four meters high, so thick that it is hard to handle and impossible to cross. It grows wild and randomly anywhere in France in specific zones such as borders of pastures or edges of forests that only connoisseurs know.

The young shoots are manually. Gathering requires between seven and ten additional workers to collect around 3 tons each year. The shoots are then macerated in wine, thus releasing a concentrate of blackthorns juice. This juice is then blended with wine according to an artisanal process, a secret only held by the master liquor maker himself...