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Distillerie Tessendier
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Every day, our teams ensure the meticulous upkeep and supervision of the Domaine du Buisson. From pruning to harvesting, throughout their lives, these delicate plants receive meticulous attention to ensure the quality of our grape-based spirits.
For grain-based spirits, Distillerie Tessendier is committed to brewing malt (a germinated cereal prepared for fermentation) with the best possible respect for the environment and its employees. The latter take care of receiving the malt and ensuring that the fermentation process runs smoothly, until the "wash" is obtained: a beer which will then form the basis of our future whiskys.
Long hours are devoted to ensuring that the highest standards of cleanliness and safety are maintained. When attention to the monitoring system is less urgent, the teams ensure that the premises remain clean and in perfect working order: essential work to guarantee the consistent quality of Tessendier products!
Whether fermentation or distillation, adjusting the parameters of one or other of these processes (temperature, in particular) is essential to obtain the desired aromatic profiles. This is one of the essential ingredients, perfectly mastered by our teams. This expertise is one of the keys to maintaining the consistent quality of our spirits.
Every day, our teams ensure the meticulous upkeep and supervision of the Domaine du Buisson. From pruning to harvesting, throughout their lives, these delicate plants receive meticulous attention to ensure the quality of our grape-based spirits.
Aging is one of the final stages in the production of spirits. At this stage, many parameters can influence the taste of the product. To obtain the desired profile (or explore new ones!), it's important to ask the right questions, as the Tessendier brothers are used to it. What type of barrel will give the desired aromatic profile? For how long? In which cellars?
Tasting. Again and again. To ensure that, over time, the aromas are fully revealed and express their full potential. Every day, Distillerie Tessendier's teams come to accompany their spirits on their long journey to maturity.
Blending, like distillation, is an art. Hours of practice, discoveries, trials and tests condense into a unique experience and mastery, unique to the Tessendier family. By watching over their eaux-de-vie and tasting them regularly, the Tessendier brothers blend them to create quality spirits with perfect consistency and controlled taste. This expertise enables them to create rich, innovative spirits.
After so many years in the cellars, our spirits reach maturity. We then present them to our distributors and consumers so that they can fully enjoy their product, the fruit of tireless work and attention. Distillerie Tessendier also meets with other spirits manufacturers to help them distribute their products on the French market.
Distillerie Tessendier
Key elements
- 6 stills
- 2 packaging lines
- 22 hectares of vines
- 1 brewery
- 1,000 blends per year
- 14 cellars
- 20,000 oak barrels
- 12 million liters stored
History
It all began in 1880 when the Tessendier family acquired its first vines and, a few years later, Gaston Tessendier, then a mathematics teacher, decided to plant his first vines on his estate, in the prized Borderies cru in Javrezac. At first, it was just a hobby for Gaston. Then, his passion became a family business whose knowledge, experience and expertise have grown over the years and been passed down from generation to generation. The two brothers, Jérôme and Lilian, hold the titles of Cellar Master and Master Blender respectively, and possess a level of expertise and experience in every stage of the creation of a spirit.
