Michel Couvreur The Unique Grain Whisky France 700ml

Story

Michel Couvreur had a very personal, and trulyrevolutionary vision of what whisky should be: more than terroir, more than thedistiller’s touch, it was the maturing in oak casks that truly helped the grainspirit become whisky. From 1978 on, having settled in the French region ofBurgundy, he decided to make it his life’s work and to dedicate his research toa process which he once compared to cross-fertilization.

Michel Couvreur whisky’s style is acquired by years oflong contact with Sherry or other different impregnated wine casks. The cellarsis situated in a little village, Bouze-lès-Beaune, it look like a cave which is15 meters deep with some 150 meters of galleries dug in limestone but givinghumidity, silence, calm and depth. Michel Couvreur whiskies are incrediblyflavorful, intense and soft all at the same time. Style and nobility areacquired following many years of ageing. They keep a very special attention tothe choice of barrel, spending a lot of time and money looking for the mostunique barrels down all over Europe. Each bottle needs particular care— theyare hand-corked, hand-waxed and hand-labeled.

Michel Couvreur passed away in 2013; his son-in-law CyrilDeschamps and his cellar master Jean-Arnaud Frantzen, with the invaluable helpof Michel's devoted wife Marthe and his daughter Alexandra, follow to theletter the philosophy and the motto of the house: Virtute et Opera .

This Overaged Malt Whisky 52% is incredible elegance andnice balance. Vatting of single malts aged between 12 and 27 years in PedroXimenez oak casks and resulting from a cognac (double) distillation method witha mash exclusively made of Malt (germinated barley). It has kept the 52%alcohol by volume, the original cask strength.

TastingNotes

Lightamber color, Aromatic floral, cereals, figs and hints of peaches, Gourmet, coconut milk, vanilla and pear, itdisplays beautiful finesse with touch of vanilla and mint complexity.