Dumangin La Piautre 2017 French Single Malt Batch 014 46.3% ABV

Dumangin La Piautre 2017 Batch 014 is a French single malt from the Loire, the first French whisky in the Champagne Dumangin J. Fils range. La Piautre, the name used by La Fabrique des Bières d'Anjou, was founded in 2013, distils in two Charentais stills and ages its spirit in casks that held Coteaux du Layon sweet wine; it takes its name from a steering device used on Loire sailing boats. This whisky spent three years in a Coteaux du Layon barrel and 15 months in Ratafia Champenois cask T-060, and was bottled in Champagne in November 2021 at 46.3% ABV, with natural colour and without chill filtration. 345 numbered bottles (700ml).

Tasting Notes: Oily, opulent and luxurious.

Serve: Neat, or with a few drops of water.