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The origins of Grand Marnier began nearly two centuries ago, when Jean Baptiste Lapostolle built a high quality fruit liqueur distillery in Neauphle-le-Château, a small city outside of Paris. His original distillery quickly gained an outstanding reputation.

When Julia Baptiste, granddaughter of Jean Baptiste Lapostolle, married Louis-Alexandre Marnier. The Marnier family were wine merchants who distributed Lapostolle’s products. With the union of Julia and Louis-Alexandre, whose love story unfolded only fifteen miles to the east of Paris, La Maison Marnier was born.

Grand Marnier Cordon Jaune was the original Marnier orange liqueur.  Produced with neutral grain spirit, it was essentially a Triple Sec or Curaçao.  Louis-Alexandre Marnier-Lapostolle, the creator of Grand Marnier, later replaced the base spirit with Cognac, and thus was born the more famous Cordon Rouge.  Sadly, Gruppo Campari ceased production of Cordon Jaune on 1 January, 2017, after having acquired the Marnier portfolio.