Izarra means “star” in Basque, and is a brand of liqueur that was created in 1906 in Hendaye, in the Basque Country, by the botanist and pharmacist Joseph Grattau. This recreation of Izarra by the Verdrenne family using the original recipe is a liqueur made from a distillate of plants, spices and 2 macerations, prunes and walnut husks.After distillation in a copper still, Armagnac is added to the distillate. Izarra the historic herbal liqueur from the Basque Country of France and Spain is an herbal spirit much like what the monks made with Chartreus.