Couvreur's Clearach
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THE CLEARACH
Malt distilled in Scotland, aged in old sherry casks, then reduced unfiltered to 43% alc/vol with water from Loch Katrine, during bottling.
It is a young spirit with the rich almond flavours of barley. It has the flavour of dried fruit and an elegant herbal freshness. The sherry casks have given it its famous spicy and warm flavours.
To be drunk chilled!
COUVREUR's CLEARACH is a single malt distilled in Scotland (same distillery), matured in butts (500 litre casks) and half-butts (250 litre casks), mainly in the damp part of the cellar, for about three years. The casks are previously impregnated with Pedro Ximenez and Oloroso wine. Distilled at 65% alc./vol. it loses a lot of alcoholic concentration during maturation (55% at natural degree), an addition of water (from Scotland) is necessary to obtain 43% alc.vol. Very light amber colour - golden. The aroma of almonds and frangipane is typical of very young malts, with a nice fresh herbaceousness and slightly honeyed notes. Lively on the palate, its maturation in wine casks reveals, despite its young age, a presence and a beautiful silky coating. Clearach is the name more generally given to the alcohol matured during the first three years in cask. It has all the powerful and lively characteristics of the young spirit and offers the flavours of the first wine impregnations. It can be drunk as an aperitif or chilled as a Scotch Hole.
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The Estate Michel Couvreur
After a brilliant career as a wine merchant, Michel Couvreur, who sadly passed away in August 2013, had a deep desire to create his own masterpiece. This Flemish-born man discovered whisky thanks to a senior member of the Navy who passed on his passion. A true enthusiast by nature and in perpetual quest for excellence and perfection, he began in the 1970s to dig his own cellars in Bouze-Les-Beaune in Burgundy, where he would age his precious nectars.
Michel Couvreur 's whisky was born from a personal philosophy.
According to him, "90% of the quality of a whisky comes from the cask used" while at the same time, the fashion, at the time, pushes certain brands of whisky in search of volume to use American woods not always of the noblest origin...
He therefore tried to push the quality approach by selecting traditional Andalusian Pedro Ximenez or Oloroso casks (notably from the famous Jerez producer Emilio Lustau) which blend in wonderfully with the taste of the barley and where the Clearach and New Spirit would wait a long time to give birth to the famous Michel Couvreur whisky. Demanding by nature, he does not neglect the rest, importing his water from Loch Katrine in Scotland to Burgundy. He has even grown a variety of barley in the Orkney Islands in Scotland called Bere Barley, the oldest of the Scottish varieties and recognised for its great aromatic qualities for malt production, especially when distilled with the talent of a master...
Considered by whisky lovers as one of the best single malt whisky, Michel Couvreur's whisky is endowed with a rare complexity, a length and an impressive voluptuousness. Several vintages, each with its own personality, are to be discovered for those who do not know them yet, for an exceptional tasting. Please appreciate and taste these wines in moderation.
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