The Absinthe La Maison Fontaine is refined with a composition of natural herbs to create a masterpiece. Some herbs are secret and others are made public. Of course, the Grande Absinthe grown in Pontarlier, along with green aniseed and fennel, are mentioned here as the trinity of a real absinthe. La Maison Fontaine absinthe is distilled in the oldest stills in the world – handcrafted by a distiller with over 100 years of tradition. The distillery was already producing absinthe before the French absinthe ban in 1915.
The green fairy's version is called Fontaine Verte. But it all started with Blanche, a white fairy. A clear absinthe. The blanche style became more popular in some European countries after the absinthe ban, as it was easier for bootleggers and smugglers to hide a clear liquid from the authorities than a greenish one.