The company was founded in 1853, when Louis Bonduelle-Dalle (23 October 1802 - 13 November 1880) and Louis Lesaffre-Roussel (1802–1869) established a grain and juniper berry distillery in Marquette-lez-Lille.
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On June 17 1862, they expanded to a farm in Renescure, which they turned into a grain alcohol distillery.