Born in 1811, during Napoleon’s reign, the Distillerie Lemercier is one of the oldest family distilleries in France. Its history is closely linked to political events and the laws imposed on spirits.
In this era, although Absinthe made many distilleries wealthy, it was accused of making people go mad and was the subject of heated debates, leading to it finally being banned in 1915… But a simple modification of the recipe allowed Pastis to come into being, and this is how the Distillerie Lemercier’s Pastis was marketed!
