History

Absinthe La Valote Martin, a taste of authenticity

It's secret: the love of a product, of a story and of a region. Distilled in Boveresse (Switzerland), this crystal clear absinthe has an exquisite bitterness. Its aroma is made up of ten different herbs (grand wormwood, petite wormwood, lemon balm, hyssop, peppermint), grown for the most part in the Valley of Val-de-Travers, the very location where the story of “The Green Fairy” began in the late 18th Century.


Daniel-Henri Dubied bought from the Henriod family the rights to produce its absinthe elixir. The production of absinthe (plant cultivation, drying and distillation) largely contributed to the region's economic growth. By 1910 absinthe was forced underground with the implementation of the 1908 Swiss Government Act that banned the production of absinthe; hereby creating the myth that still lives today. Tens of local clandestine distillers kept it alive throughout the 20th Century. Francis Martin was one of them.


When the ban was repealed in 2005, Francis Martin jumped at the chance to share his passion for “The Green Fairy” with a wider clientele. He teamed up in order to produce it legally and to maintain its distillation in its home region.


His recipe has not changed. Absintheurs appreciate it as ever before. The eldest among them can often be caught saying that it reminds them of the absinthe of their youth.

« Marylin » 54º

Made from ten herbal plants
cultivated mainly in the Val-de-Travers,
"Marylin" is an absinthe who's
multiple flavors stay in your mouth
for a long time.
« Fée Verte » 54º

Lightly bitterness. Passionated Absintheurs appreciate
its distillation as a traditional recipe of "The Green Fairy".
In mouth the big plant absinth is slightly dominant.
« La Belle Époque » 54º

Extra bitterness.
May be drunk with a spoon and sugar as famous painters and poets of the 19th century used to, in order to find inspiration.
« Absinthe Martin » 54º

It is in these recipe that we find a strong quantity of big absinthe, what gives it an interesting rate of thuyone. Can also be drunk with a sugar.
« La Grenouillarde » 65º

Sweet in mouth Absinth with plenty of different flavors and with a bitterness like we found prior to prohibition.
« L'Originale » 72º

The 72% vol. alcohol in L’Originale is well hidden by the rich flavors of the ten plants it contains.

Served in "hip bars", where it is appreciated by the connoisseurs as well as the youger generations, this absinthe with its inimitable taste bridges the gap between tradition and modern times.

New!
« Esmeralda » 72º

First "Verte" made by Francis Martin.

Green colored absinthe, 100% natural. Can also be drunk with sugar. In mouth, it gives off excellent flavors.

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« Absinthe Nirvana » 65°

Smooth absinth with an herbalised floral power.


Francis Martin's Absinthes

are available in bottles of 1 L, 500 ml and 100 ml.

Gift Sets & Accessories

N° 1

1 liter of
"Marylin"
2 glasses
2 spoons
N° 2

500 ml of
"L'Originale"
2 glasses
N° 3

3 bottles of 100 ml

"La Valote Martin"