GE Massenez Distillery

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Status:
Operational

Established:
1870

Visitor Policy:
Visitors welcome throughout the year

Tel:
+33 (0)3 8885 6286

Website:
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Address:
Z.I. Dieffenbach-au-Val,
Villé,
67 220
France

Established in the 1870s by Jean-Baptiste Massenez who started as a home distiller in Urbeis, in the Vallée de Villé. His descendants continue to make eaux-de-vie and liqueurs in the Villé region of Alsace.

They make

G. E. Massenez Poire Williams eau-de-vie

Part of Massenez’s VRP range, an abbreviation of “Vieille Réserve Personnelle Sélectionnée” (personally selected), this yellow plum eau-de-vie was developed by Eugene...

G. E. Massenez Kirsch Vieux eau-de-vie

A traditional kirsch eaux-de-vie (cherry brandy) presented in a Flûte Distillateur bottle.

G. E. Massenez Framboise Sauvage eau-de-vie

Part of Massenez’s VRP range, an abbreviation of “Vieille Réserve Personnelle Sélectionnée” (personally selected), this wild raspberry eau-de-vie was developed by Eugene...

G. E. Massenez Mirabelle eau-de-vie

Part of Massenez’s VRP range, an abbreviation of “Vieille Réserve Personnelle Sélectionnée” (personally selected), this yellow plum eau-de-vie was developed by Eugene...

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