Alfred Giraud Voyage
US$259.00
Scotland
Rest of the world
Scotland
Rest of the world
136 bottles
US$259.00
US$119.00
US$109.00
US$169.00
US$109.00
50cl / 56.3%
US$219.00
70cl
US$109.00
US$829.00
US$169.00
US$239.00
US$119.00
US$109.00
US$149.00
US$99.00
70cl
US$99.00
70cl
US$89.00
70cl
US$89.00
70cl
US$99.00
70cl
US$89.00
50cl
US$89.00
70cl
US$79.00
70cl / 43%
US$109.00
50cl
US$99.00
70cl / 46.5%
US$89.00
50cl
US$109.00
70cl
US$89.00
US$149.00
US$79.00
US$139.00
US$99.00
US$129.00
US$99.00
75cl / 40%
US$89.00
75cl / 40%
US$99.00
US$89.00
US$99.00
1L
US$69.00
US$139.00
US$89.00
75cl
US$109.00
75cl
US$109.00
70cl / 45%
US$149.00
75cl / 46.1%
US$389.00
175cl / 40%
US$249.00
75cl / 43%
US$109.00
75cl / 40%
US$99.00
75cl / 40%
US$109.00
75cl / 48%
US$149.00
The French section brings together whisky from all over the country: Hepp and Meyer from Alsace, Warenghem and Kornog from Brittany, Rozelieures from Lorraine, Castan from the south-west, Domaine des Hautes Glaces and Distillerie du Vercors from the Alps, and blenders and finishers such as Bellevoye, Brenne and Alfred Giraud. Single malts make up most of it, along with blended malts and some grain and buckwheat whiskies.
France is one of the largest whisky markets in the world, but French production is recent. Warenghem in Brittany is usually credited with the first French single malt, Armorik, at the end of the 1990s. Since then the number of distilleries has risen to well over a hundred. Many began as brandy or liqueur producers and brought their own cask traditions to whisky.
Brittany and Alsace are the oldest whisky regions in France. Producers often use French grain and French casks from wine, Cognac, Armagnac, Sauternes or vin jaune, which gives French whisky a distinct style. Distillerie des Menhirs makes Eddu from buckwheat, and Domaine des Hautes Glaces grows its own organic cereals in the Alps.
Yes. France has well over a hundred whisky producers, mostly founded since the late 1990s, in regions such as Brittany, Alsace, Lorraine, the Alps and Cognac. Warenghem’s Armorik is usually considered the first French single malt. French whiskies often use French grain and wine or brandy casks.
Armorik is a single malt whisky from Warenghem distillery in Lannion, Brittany. Launched at the end of the 1990s, it is generally credited as the first French single malt. It is made from malted barley and matured mainly in bourbon and sherry casks.
Buckwheat whisky is made from buckwheat, a seed traditionally grown in Brittany. Distillerie des Menhirs in Brittany makes Eddu, one of the best-known examples. It has a nutty, floral and slightly spicy flavour quite different from barley malt whisky.
Brenne is a French single malt aged in new French Limousin oak and then finished in Cognac casks. It is distilled in the Cognac region from French barley, using Charentais pot stills of the kind traditionally used for Cognac. The result is fruity and floral with notes of banana and vanilla.
Bellevoye is a French blended malt whisky that combines single malts from different regions of France. Its range includes versions named by colour, with different finishes such as wine or peated casks. It is one of the more widely available French whiskies.
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