Michel Couvreur is a Belgium-born negociant who imports Scotch whiskies to his facilities in Burgundy, France, where they undergo a slow aging process in sherry casks. While this may be unusual to say the least, the result is a simply lovely unfiltered whisky blended from more than fifty different malts. The 12 Year is a dry, smoky and slightly sweet spirit with a hint of peat on the palate but none of the briny traits characteristic of many Islay malts. The nose has lovely aromas of dried flowers, tobacco, and almond, while the palate is luscious and long-lived with flavors of brown sugar, almond, peat, stone fruit, and spice