Eau de Muscat
Our eau de vie made from small-grain muscat grape
Our Muscat à petit grain grapes are pressed, the juice becomes wine and the skins and seeds are distilled with a little lemon thyme, wild fennel and other herbs from my garden.
The aromas are particularly fine and elegant, although very present. We find white-fleshed stone fruits, William pear, old Rose; and the whole is reminiscent of a fine Alsace plum brandy.
Djinn des Garrigues
Our eau de vie made with aromatic plants from Provence
Oddly enough, gin has a reputation for being English or even Dutch in origin, while its aromas are Provençal. Indeed, juniper, lemon thyme, wild fennel, sage, rosemary, etc. grow naturally in abundance around my home. After fermentation, the "presses" are enhanced with these "medicinal" plants and the whole thing is then distilled.
As for the aromas, we find of course the marc de Provence, as well as notes of juniper, white-fleshed fruits and almond. The aromatic intensity allows us to consider drinking it pure, but also with tonic or in a cocktail.
The origin of the word Djinn
In the Middle East, well before Islam, there were already demigods who could change form, whether human, animal or plant (precursors of our children's "transformer robots"). Others say that they were Gods who had fallen into disuse. Some scholars, philosophers and poets considered them sources of inspiration, others on the contrary were very afraid of them.
They also appear in different religions such as Zoroastrianism (one of the oldest religions in the world) as well as Christianity and Judaism, as angels or demons.
In Islamic mythology, man is fashioned from clay, the jinn from fire, but originally both form organized, though distinct, societies. The prophet Mohammed is sent by God to help them live better. He succeeds better with man than with the jinn, who will have to be exterminated... but be careful, there are still some left! For example, hidden in the desert near a spring or in secluded places.
In Islamic theology this term refers to what we cannot see or hear, such as angels and demons, but also to what is inside us, such as the Western notion of the soul.