Michel Couvreur

Burgundy is home to one of the world's most specialized whiskey experts: Michel Couvreur. This family business is known as one of the great in the world of malt whisky; their vision is revolutionary rather than traditional. Michel Couvreur looked far beyond the region of origin or the expertise of the distiller in question. For Couvreur, originally Belgian, barrel maturation was the essence of great whisky. In 1978 he settled in Burgundy, the village of Bouze lès Beaune. The word Bouze has to do with water and for good reason: the hills are saturated with water, making the cellars very cool and damp.
 
With a form of 'cross-pollination', Michel Couvreur brings two worlds together. On the one hand, the young, fiery distillates from selected distillers from Scotland. On the other side, the ancient wine-soaked barrels from different wine regions. Maison Michel Couvreur maintains close contacts with top houses such as Niepoort (Oporto) and Toro Albalá (Montilla Moriles). They also work with old Sherry casks and casks in which Vin Jaune (Jura) matured earlier. These barrels, often many decades old, are transported to Burgundy to be filled with clear, very young Scottish Malt Whisky. The filling of these precious old barrels is done solely with 'drop pressure'. So it is gravity that moves the Malts and not a pump. Then they are 'forgotten' to ripen in peace for a long time.
 
This partly takes place in the basement, located under and next to the house, with a unique temperature and humidity. The maturation cellar opposite the house was completed in 2019. From where distribution will be arranged. All year round, people are looking for and buying very old barrels that are transported with great care from the wine estates to Burgundy. Couvreur is also experimenting with alternative forms of ripening, for example in terracotta amphorae. There are different maturation times, 12 years, 25 years and much longer.
 
When the moment of bottling comes, it is filled directly from the barrel, without filtering. The signature square, hand-corked bottles are finally hand lacquered and labeled before being sold. It goes without saying that this is not a 'mass company' but a small-scale producer.
 
Michel Couvreur past away in 2013, but his business is continued by his wife Martha, his daughter Alexandra, her husband Cyril Deschamps and the brilliant cellar master Jean-Arnaud Frantzen, who propagate the Couvreur philosophy.
 
These beautiful and unique Malts are now finally for sale in the Netherlands, until recently you could only see them in the top gastronomy of France and at a single top specialist in the retail sector.
Michel Couvreur
Michel Couvreur Blossoming Auld Sherry Single Malt Whiskey 45
Article code F51Y010
€299,00
in stock
Michel Couvreur
Michel Couvreur The Unexpected II French Edition 2022
Article code F51Y018
€169,00
in stock
Michel Couvreur
The Unique Whiskey 44% - Magnum 1.5 L
Article code F51Y017
€119,95
in stock
Michel Couvreur
Overaged Malt Whiskey 43% - Magnum 1.5 L
Article code F51Y015
€209,95
in stock
Michel Couvreur
Very Sherried 25 ans 0,5L
Article code F51Y012
€485,50
in stock
You can only buy this product in our store
Michel Couvreur
Very Sherried 25 ans 0,5L
You can only buy this product in our store
€485,50
Michel Couvreur
Alexe 2003 0,5L
Article code F51Y016
€285,00
in stock
You can only buy this product in our store
Michel Couvreur
Alexe 2003 0,5L
You can only buy this product in our store
€285,00
Michel Couvreur
Candid Malt Whisky 49%
Article code F51Y009
€119,95
in stock
Peat and sweet
Maturation in sherry barrels
scents of grilled almonds
Michel Couvreur
Candid Malt Whisky 49%
Peat and sweet
Maturation in sherry barrels
scents of grilled almonds
€119,95
Michel Couvreur
Pale Single Single 45%
Article code F51Y008
€109,95
in stock
Floral, fine and subtle
Fino Sherry barrels
Delicate elegance
Michel Couvreur
Pale Single Single 45%
Floral, fine and subtle
Fino Sherry barrels
Delicate elegance
€109,95
Michel Couvreur
Intravaganza Clearach
Article code F51Y007
€75,50
in stock
Powerful of sherry and cereals
soft and round
Almond, honey, muscat and very fruity
Michel Couvreur
Intravaganza Clearach
Powerful of sherry and cereals
soft and round
Almond, honey, muscat and very fruity
€75,50
Michel Couvreur
Couvreur's Clearach
Article code F51Y006
€54,95
in stock
Cereals and sherry
maturing in Oloroso and PX wooden barrels
Oxidative tone, Nuts
Michel Couvreur
Couvreur's Clearach
Cereals and sherry
maturing in Oloroso and PX wooden barrels
Oxidative tone, Nuts
€54,95
Michel Couvreur
Special Cask Malt Whiskey 45%
Article code F51Y005
€169,95
in stock
Spicy, iodine and tobaccoOily peat so smoky flavorFrom 3 barrels Single Malt of 3 ages
Michel Couvreur
Special Cask Malt Whiskey 45%
Spicy, iodine and tobaccoOily peat so smoky flavorFrom 3 barrels Single Malt of 3 ages
€169,95
Michel Couvreur
Overaged Malt Whisky 52%
Article code F51Y004
€109,95
in stock
Smooth, tobacco, fresh elegance
Sherry roundness enhanced by a slightly smoked taste
Balance between young and older malts
Michel Couvreur
Overaged Malt Whisky 52%
Smooth, tobacco, fresh elegance
Sherry roundness enhanced by a slightly smoked taste
Balance between young and older malts
€109,95