La Clandestine

La Clandestine

Type	absinthe
Manufacturer	Artemisia-Bugnon
Country of origin	Switzerland
Introduced	2008 in United States
Alcohol by volume	53.0%
Proof (US)	106

La Clandestine is a Swiss brand of absinthe, produced by the Artemisia-Bugnon distillery.

It is made in various styles:

• La Clandestine Blanche, supposedly based on a 1935 recipe by the Swiss distiller Charlotte Vaucher, ^[1] which Claude-Alain Bugnon had been making illegally for several years before a ban on absinthe-making was lifted in 2005. ^{[2] [3]} The manufacturer recommends serving it without sugar. ^[4]

• La Recette Marianne, launched in September 2005 to comply with fenchone regulations in France. ^[5]

• La Clandestine Absinthe Superieure, approved in 2008 by the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau for sale in the United States. ^[6]

References

1. Brand history Retrieved 17 September 2009
2. San Francisco Chronicle article reproducing New York Times story of November 4, 2004 Retrieved 2 January 2008
3. First La Clandestine absinthe bottle of 2004, produced for export only. Retrieved 19 July 2018
4. Reference to drinking "au naturel," i.e. without sugar Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 20 May 2007
5. Reference to fenchone regulations from brand website Retrieved 2 May 2009
6. US Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (2008). "Certificate of Federal Label Approval, La Clandestine Absinthe Superieure" . Retrieved 2008-06-20.

External links

• La Clandestine Absinthe - Brand website
• Fée Verte Review ^{[ usurped ]} - Independent website confirming that La Clandestine had been sold for "years" prior to its official launch.