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In the mad world of French whiskies, Alfred Giraud is silently breaking through barriers. The Giraud household has actually been aging and making cognac for generations, and is now putting that knowledge into premium French whisky.
For Voyage, cellar master Gaetan Mariolle started to explore French robinia casks, a wood that has actually sometimes been utilized for red wine, however not for spirits. He needed to be incredibly mindful to prevent the tannins ending up being too extreme, once he was pleased, the stock was mixed with sweeter sauternes cask-matured single malt.
Next, they undertook their very first finishing experiment, mellowing the blend in XO cognac casks of limousin oak for 6 months.
In short, Voyage is limited, with just 4 or 5 barrels a year. Rarer still is Intrigue, a brand-new triple malt aged in their signature older cognac casks, with a little impact of brand-new American oak and some brand-new French oak from the household’s forestry operations in limousin.
The mix was then divided into a sauvignon blanc cask and a concealed “magic” cask, which formerly included a 65 years of age item so distinct that they chose to keep it a trick to prevent replica. Consequently, this is an unrepeatable and special whisky, offered specifically through the Alfred Giraud U.S.
THE FRENCH HAVE ARRIVED:
ALFRED GIRAUD INTRIGUE AND VOYAGE REVIEWED
Alfred Giraud Intrigue
92 points, 51.7%, $463.
Little batch speculative whisky with a stimulating nose of apple, Seckel pear, vanilla, primrose, lemon enthusiasm, spring blos- soms, and fresh linen. It’s a vinous and sweet affair, with lemon curd, lime marmalade, vanilla sugar, grapefruit, pear, cognac notes, and black pepper, with creamed coconut completing a sweet, mouth-watering conclusion of lemon and vanilla that continues for an eternity. (150 bottles for the U.S.)
Alfred Giraud Voyage.
92 points, 48%, $185.
An exploratory mix of 2 single malts developed in sauternes and French robinia casks and ended up in cognac casks. Pleasure- ful, fresh, and lilting with orchard fruits, flower notes, gooseberry fool, chantilly cream, chopped grape, crisp barley, and fresh apple peel, stabilized with light oak and a spray of spice. Tastes of black currant, honey, russet apple, and pepper prior to it catches the cognac’s impact. Preferred this one with water. (405 bottles for the U.S.)
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