Gentian Schnapps 1 LT

About the Gentian Schnapps

For distillation purposes of the Gentian Schnapps, especially the Yellow Gentian plants are used, which are to be found in the Alps at an altitude of 2,500 m. The strong and persistent plants are very slow growers and blossom only after ten years, but can reach 40-60 years of age.

Blue gentian blossoms …

In the period from May to sometimes into September, the meadows of the Tyrolean Alps are sprinkled with Gentian blossoms in a bedazzling array of blue. Although some types of this Alpine flower also blossom in white and yellow, the pure blue colors of the many Gentian types, a rarity in nature, explain why the Gentian is the symbol of fidelity.

For distillation purposes of the Gentian Schnapps, especially the Yellow Gentian plants are used, which are to be found in the Alps at an altitude of 2,500 m. The strong and persistent plants are very slow growers and blossom only after ten years, but can reach 40-60 years of age.