Location: La Fresquière, Méolans-Revel.
Opening hours of the company and shop:
All year round except Sundays.
Monday to Friday: 9 am – 12 pm / 2 pm – 6 pm;
Saturday: 9:30 am – 12:30 pm / 2:30 pm – 6:30 pm
Website: https://lachanenche.com/en
Our experiences:
- Free distillery tour, Monday to Friday at 10:30 am / 2:30 pm / 4 pm: a visit to the production facilities, introduction to the company’s history, explanation of the manufacturing processes, and product tasting.
- Tasting is also available for walk-in visitors at the shop.
About us:
Nestled in the heart of the Southern Alps, in the Ubaye Valley, at the gateway to the Mercantour National Park, Distillerie Lachanenche was founded in 1994 by Nicole and Daniel Million Rousseau with one ambition: to craft 100% natural spirits. Renowned for its exceptional biodiversity, this region is a true playground for them, a natural garden whose plants they delight in combining to create unique products.
After several years of handover and training, their sons, Benoît and Jérôme, took over the business in 2019. Proud of this legacy, they carry on an environmentally respectful know-how and they are developing new certified organic spirits, free from additives.
Today, we favour short supply chains more than ever, relying on two sources of supply: the cultivation of certain raw materials, mainly raspberry, rose and several varieties of mint, and wild harvesting, carried out in the heart of the valley in a responsible manner, with a concern for preserving biodiversity.
Our distillery also cultivates the art of distillation thanks to a steam still which dates from 1907. A true representative of a rich historical heritage and a unique know-how, it is with this still that we distil our mint liqueur, our whisky, our gin, our pear eau-de-vie and our pastis.
