Saint-Louis Twist 1586 Spirits Decanter

The Saint-Louis Twist 1586 Spirits Decanter is a reissue of an archival Saint-Louis design, chosen for the spirits range of the Twist 1586 collection as an object that embeds the present-day collection in the house’s long history of crystal production. Its Venetian rib motif ties it to the rest of the range.

Every Twist 1586 piece is mouth-blown and hand-cut at the Cristallerie Saint-Louis in Lorraine. The Venetian ribs that define each glass — varied in number and orientation across the different models — are formed during the blowing process and refine the color and clarity of the liquid within. The very tall stems are a deliberate design choice: they keep the hand away from the bowl, preventing warmth from transferring to temperature-sensitive wines and spirits.

Twist 1586 was launched as Saint-Louis’s proposal for a new kind of tasting service: one guided by intuition rather than knowledge. Working with wine expert Michel Bettane and master distiller Nicolas Julhès, the maison created a collection that categorizes wines and spirits by age rather than grape variety, terroir, or appellation. The result strips away the intimidating etiquette of traditional tasting and replaces it with a single, generous question: is this young, or is it mature? The collection takes its name from the year of the Cristallerie’s founding — 1586 — and from the Venetian rib technique that defines each piece, ribs that illuminate the color of the liquid within through the exceptional way crystal refracts light. Established in 1586, Saint-Louis stands as Europe’s oldest crystal manufacturer, holding the title of Royal Cristallerie since 1781.