Massenez Eau - de - Vie Peche Prestige, peach, 43% vol., Alsace

The peach brandy doesn`t unleash a full-blown fruit explosion on the palate, but rather delights with an aristocratically elegant fruitiness. The origins of the Massenez distillery date back to the post-Napoleonic era of the 1870s, when Jean-Baptiste Massenez started a home distillery in Urbeis, in the Vale de Ville valley of Alsace. This paved the way for his son, Eugene Massenez, who inherited not only his distilling rights but also all his knowledge, which he used to become a recognized master distiller himself. Things really took off in the 1950s with Gabriel Eugene. He established his brandies in the top Michelin-starred restaurants of the time, including those of Bocuse, Verger, Troisgros, Lameloise, Haeberlin, and others. Thus, Massenez became a fixture in the finest restaurants of France. Today, Bernard Baud successfully manages the Massenez distillery in Alsace together with Manou Massenez and Elodie Naslin.