MICHEL COUVREUR PALE SINGLE-SINGLE MALT WHISKY

Michel Couvreur is a Belgian and an independent bottler of single malt scotch. His cellars are located in Bouze-les-Beaune in the heart of Burgundy. Michel ages his single malts for years in sherry butts and then in demijohns or giant bottles kept in total darkness in the exceptional well-protected underground galleries of Bouze-les-Beaune. The Pale Single is a lighter style of whisky, in a very different style than his other expressions. Expect a quite fruity and floral in bouquet, but with a lingering note of toasted almonds and savory richness. This bottling of the Pale Single Single was aged for more than 10 years in fino sherry casks. It begins its life in the middle humidity part of the cellar before a final 3 years in the most humid part of the cellar. This reduces the original fill strength of 70% to at least 56%, a huge reduction in a relatively short period of time. Before bottling Couvreur slowly reduces to a drinking proof of 45%.