Michel Couvreur Hexanobile Blended Malt French Whisky (700ml)

The House of Michel Couvreur is best known for shipping Scottish distillates to Burgundy, filling them into highly active sherry casks and ageing them in their humid underground caves. Here we have a departure from that practise and something of a landmark release for the company: Hexanobile represents their very first 100% French cuvée, combining approximately ten barrels from three different French distilleries with malts aged from 8 to 12 years. Maturation in sherry casks (fino, Pedro Ximénez, amontillado, oloroso) has bestowed aromatic complexity, vibrancy and depth to the whisky, including notes of chocolate, vanilla, almond, and ripe fruits. Bottled at 46% without filtration.

Other reviews... Mouth: The sweetness of the spices, velvety and creamy at the same time; the coffee, burnt caramel, crushed walnut and lichen arrive all at once on the nuts bringing bitterness and oxidation; subtle toasted/burnt finish. Final: Quite long, with notes of roasted coffee. The reduced alcohol amplifies the creamy and candied character, with cooking spices sprinkling over the dried fruit and raisins. - whiskybase.com