Akayane

A small shochu distillery founded in 1908, located at the southernmost tip of Japan’s mainland.

The AKAYANE story began in 2006. A group of Japanese distillers aimed to expand the range of the Japanese distilled spirit shochu.

They fused Japanese distilling techniques honed over more than over 110 years with European distilling equipment techniques and philosophies

Akayane

A small shochu distillery founded in 1908, located at the southernmost tip of Japan’s mainland.

The AKAYANE story began in 2006. A group of Japanese distillers aimed to expand the range of the Japanese distilled spirit shochu.

They fused Japanese distilling techniques honed over more than over 110 years with European distilling equipment techniques and philosophies

Chateau Le Breuil & Maison Boinaud

The result of the collaboration between two family distilleries, La Spiriterie Française, Château du Breuil – Normandie and Maison Boinaud, a new range of French whisky under the brand name Le Breuil is born.
To create this whisky, a long work of selections, tastings and iterations was carried out between Philippe Etignard, Cellar Master of Château du Breuil and the cellar teams of Maison Boinaud. A meticulous marriage between Le Breuil Single Malt – Origine and Maison Boinaud Single Malt Whisky allows to obtain balanced and complementary organoleptic characteristics of the Whiskies.

Chateau Le Breuil & Maison Boinaud

The result of the collaboration between two family distilleries, La Spiriterie Française, Château du Breuil – Normandie and Maison Boinaud, a new range of French whisky under the brand name Le Breuil is born.
To create this whisky, a long work of selections, tastings and iterations was carried out between Philippe Etignard, Cellar Master of Château du Breuil and the cellar teams of Maison Boinaud. A meticulous marriage between Le Breuil Single Malt – Origine and Maison Boinaud Single Malt Whisky allows to obtain balanced and complementary organoleptic characteristics of the Whiskies.

Le Breuil

With whisky Le Breuil, Château du Breuil has succeeded in creating the first French single malt whisky produced entirely from Golden Promise barley, a variety known for producing whiskies with an intense malty character that are long and silky on the palate.

By selecting this variety for its first range, Château du Breuil has favoured quality over quantity. Indeed, Golden Promise barley has the particularity of having a low yield per hectare (1/3 lower than current varieties) and pure alcohol (10% lower than current varieties).

Double distillation in pots still. Maturing in 200/250L French & American barrels.

Le Breuil

With whisky Le Breuil, Château du Breuil has succeeded in creating the first French single malt whisky produced entirely from Golden Promise barley, a variety known for producing whiskies with an intense malty character that are long and silky on the palate.

By selecting this variety for its first range, Château du Breuil has favoured quality over quantity. Indeed, Golden Promise barley has the particularity of having a low yield per hectare (1/3 lower than current varieties) and pure alcohol (10% lower than current varieties).

Double distillation in pots still. Maturing in 200/250L French & American barrels.

Normandy is one of the most famous destinations in France and in the world, most notably for its architecture, historic D-Day Landing Beaches, fresh-from-the-harbour seafood or cheeses like the famous camembert, symbol or ambassador of the country everywhere.

Areas near the Seine (the former Upper Normandy region) contain a higher concentration of industry. Normandy is a significant cider-producing region, and also produces calvados, a distilled cider or apple brandy.

Located in Caen, Normandy, “C’est Nous” is a micro-distillery established in 2016 by a French sommelier and a lover of English gin.

To make their premium gin, the distillery is using the highest quality French wheat alcohol. This pure, neutral alcohol gives the perfect base for the botanicals.

The distillation is handmade in copper alembics. By distilling in small batches, the distillery is able to create a texture and finesse that is only possible in smaller alembics.

The final step is to bottle, wax and label all by hand.

Normandy is one of the most famous destinations in France and in the world, most notably for its architecture, historic D-Day Landing Beaches, fresh-from-the-harbour seafood or cheeses like the famous camembert, symbol or ambassador of the country everywhere.

Areas near the Seine (the former Upper Normandy region) contain a higher concentration of industry. Normandy is a significant cider-producing region, and also produces calvados, a distilled cider or apple brandy.

Located in Caen, Normandy, “C’est Nous” is a micro-distillery established in 2016 by a French sommelier and a lover of English gin.

To make their premium gin, the distillery is using the highest quality French wheat alcohol. This pure, neutral alcohol gives the perfect base for the botanicals.

The distillation is handmade in copper alembics. By distilling in small batches, the distillery is able to create a texture and finesse that is only possible in smaller alembics.

The final step is to bottle, wax and label all by hand.

Château du Breuil

Located in the midst of the Calvados region (Normandy), Château du Breuil has been a distillery transforming apples into Calvados, an apple brandy, since 1954.

Built in the early 16th century, the Château has been the residence of great noble French families and now is classified as a historical monument.

It is one of the rare Calvados distilleries to have integrated orchards of apple trees in the property, total 22,000 planted on 42 hectares.

Château du Breuil company produces more than 420,000 bottles every year. It is the N°2 AOC “Pays d’Auge” Calvados producer.

 By the way, do you know:
 24 kg of apples
 Provide around 18 liters Cider (+/- 5% Vol. Alc.)
 Provide approximately 1 liter pure alcohol Calvados (100% Alc.)