ARMORIK - 12 ans - Millésime 2009 - Sherry Single Cask - 57%
The Warenghem Distillery was founded in Lannion, on the pink granite coast in Brittany, at the end of the 19th century, by the Warenghem family. Léon Warenghem, the founder, originally from the North of France, and his heirs, will make the first successes of the distillery with plant liqueurs: the Elixir of Armorica, a blend of 35 plants, is the flagship product of the distillery. In 1967, Paul-Henri, who was to be the last Warenghem, joined forces with Yves Leizour. They diversify the range of historic liqueurs and support the development of large-scale distribution in Brittany. In 1974, Paul-Henri Warenghem and Yves Leizour transferred the distillery from the center of Lannion to the entrance to the town, directly to the Rest Avel source, which means "the home of the wind" in Breton. In the early 1980s, Gilles Leizour, a pharmacist by training, took over from his father. Anxious to relaunch the distillery, he decided to orient the company towards regional products and in particular created the chouchen Melmor. It was in 1983 that he launched the first entirely Breton and French whisky. In 1993, perfecting his know-how, Gilles Leizour built a distillery entirely devoted to whisky, and equipped with a pair of copper stills inspired by Scottish distilleries. Armorik, the first Single Malt in France and Brittany, was officially launched in 1998. Gilles Leizour retired in 2016 and David Roussier, his son-in-law, who joined the distillery in 2009, succeeds him as head of the company.
This edition was selected by the team of La Maison du Whisky. It was distilled in August 2009 and aged for 12 years in a Single Sherry Cask (#3343). The whisky was bottled in September 2021 and produced 701 bottles.
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