Distillerie Combier ★ 4.6
Saumur distillery founded 1834 by Jean-Baptiste Combier, originator of the triple sec category, with a 19th-century Egrot copper alembic still room and Liqueur d'Orange tour.
Cointreau's working distillery and museum outside Angers, founded 1849 by Edouard and Adolphe Cointreau, with orange-peel maceration, copper alembic stills and bottling line tour.
Address: Boulevard des Bretonnieres, 49124 Saint-Barthelemy-d'Anjou, France, Loire Valley
Saumur distillery founded 1834 by Jean-Baptiste Combier, originator of the triple sec category, with a 19th-century Egrot copper alembic still room and Liqueur d'Orange tour.
Family-owned liqueur house founded 1885 by Emile Giffard in Angers, producing Menthe-Pastille mint liqueur plus 80+ fruit liqueurs and syrups, with still-room and archive tours.
Family-owned distillery founded 1850 in the Aunis country south of the Loire, producing premium liqueurs and fruit eaux-de-vie with still-hall and orchard-maceration tours.
Touraine fruit-distillery founded 1932 producing eaux-de-vie and liqueurs from Loire Valley orchard fruit and grape pomace. Family-run, direct sales at the Tours distillery.
Saintonge Cognac house founded 1832, producing single-vineyard Cognacs and Pineau des Charentes. Tours cover the still hall, the Limousin oak chai and a structured tasting.