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Ancêtre du blé dont les origines millénaires se situent dans l’arc alpin, le grand épeautre est la céréale emblématique du pourtour méditerranéen. Longtemps oubliée du monde de la meunerie avant que quelques boulangers ne la remettent au goût du jour au début des années 2000, inexistante dans le monde des spiritueux, il n’en fallait pas davantage pour nous donner envie en 2011 d’en semer quelques hectares sur le climat Gabert ! Après S12U23 ★ l’an dernier, revoici le whisky issu de cette parcelle âgé d’une année supplémentaire. Avec S12U24 ★, c’est une dégustation ascendante que nous vous proposons, le début d’un chemin qui nous conduira à découvrir le fabuleux potentiel du grand épeautre en matière de whisky !

True to our reputation as a pioneer in taste. True also to our natural disposition in favor of cereals and their environment; the Domaine des Hautes Glaces offers you with this bottle a beautiful way to discover the great spelt in its "white" version. This triple distillation of "wheat of the Gauls" will give a little more grain to grind to dreamers, to those for whom distillation is both a concrete know-how and an alchemist's mystery. And for good reason: a brandy of a rare aroma, at crazy speed!

B16D24 CARRÉ est un whisky parcellaire issu d’une seule parcelle d’orge du climat Vulson, moissonnée en 2016. Vieilli 8 ans dans un seul et unique fût, un ex fût de Vin Jaune, il a ensuite été partitionné en deux lots, pour offrir une expérience de l’influence du degré alcoolique sur le nature d’un whisky, 2 expressions aux caractères singuliers et aux saveurs propres. B16D24 TRIANGLE est un brut de fût ! Il a été embouteillé à son degré naturel de vieillissement, 52.3%, à l’endroit où le temps la conduit : un whisky massif, généreux, opulent avec un côté bonhomme et un moelleux plein de gourmandise. B16D24 CARRÉ a quant à lui connu une réduction progressive de son degré alcoolique par adjonction d’eau pour atteindre 44% vol. A ce degré, B16D24 CARRÉ offre un équilibre et un confort gouteux, une promesse de fraicheur gourmande.

B16D24 TRIANGLE est un whisky parcellaire issu d’une seule parcelle d’orge du climat Vulson, moissonnée en 2016. Vieilli 8 ans dans un seul et unique fût, un ex fût de Vin Jaune, il a ensuite été partitionné en deux lots, pour offrir une expérience de l’influence du degré alcoolique sur le nature d’un whisky, 2 expressions aux caractères singuliers et aux saveurs propres. B16D24 CARRÉ a connu une réduction progressive de son degré alcoolique par adjonction d’eau pour atteindre 44% vol. A ce degré, B16D24 CARRÉ offre un équilibre et un confort gouteux. B16D24 TRIANGLE est quant à lui un brut de fût ! Il a été embouteillé à son degré naturel de vieillissement, 52.3%, à l’endroit où le temps l'a conduit : un whisky massif, généreux, opulent, avec un côté bonhomme et un moelleux plein de gourmandise.

RØØF24 STAR is the first part of the exploration of the influence of the finish on the taste of our whiskies. RØØF24 STAR is a 100% malted single rye, blended from several vintages and the Hautes Glaces’ two emblematic climates: Gabert and Vulson. A true backbone with a strong character, this matrix comes from a blend of several rye distillates, all aged in Cognac casks. This cuvée will serve as the benchmark for the three other cuvées to follow, all of which have undergone a second maturation (finish) in wine casks.  Peppery, greasy and a burst of grain energy, RØØF24 STAR is a Hautes Glaces signature.

RØØF24 TRIANGLE is the second exploration of the influence of the finish on the taste of our whiskies. RØØF24 TRIANGLE is a 100% malted single rye, blended from several vintages and the Hautes Glaces’ two emblematic climates: Gabert and Vulson. After a long maturation in Cognac casks, our rye was then refined for five months in two casks that had contained a red wine from the Côtes de Duras. Normally we prefer white wine casks, but the absence of dogmatism when it comes to taste exploration can lead to some wonderful surprises. And this is one of them! A successful and harmonious combination red and rye, these two worlds melt powerfully together in your glass.

RØØF24 SQUARE is the third part of the exploration of the influence of the finish on the taste of our whiskies. RØØF24 SQUARE is a 100% malted single rye, blended from several vintages and the Hautes Glaces' two emblematic climates: Gabert and Vulson. Initially aged in Cognac casks, this rye whisky was then refined for the last five months, in optimal comfort, in two casks of yellow wine, a sign of our particular affection for the Jura terroir and its wines, which are both surprising and original, to say the least.

RØØF24 ROUND is the fourth part of the exploration of the influence of the finish on the taste of our whiskies. RØØF24 ROUND is a single rye, 100% malted, coming from the blend of several vintages and the two emblematic climates of the Domain: Gabert and Vulson. After a long maturation in Cognac casks, our rye was then finished for five months in ex-Sauternes casks. The South-West of Bordeaux, the Sauternes terroir in the spotlight, a first for Hautes Glaces. Rye and Sauternes, why not? We'll find our rye strenghtening up the mellow Sauternes. And the tenderness of the Sauternes cradling the energy of rye. Action!

R15D24 SQUARE is the first part of the exploration into how the degree of balance impacts the taste of our whiskies. R15D24 is a parcel whisky made from a single plot of rye (Caroas variety) from the Gabert climate, harvested in 2015. Aged for 8 years in a single cask, the 254, an ex-yellow wine cask, it was then divided into three batches, each worked in reduction around different degrees of balance, each revealing a singular facet of this whisky of character, a clean, tasty and legitimate expression.

R15D24 ROUND is the second part of the exploration into how the degree of balance impacts the taste of our whiskies. R15D24 is a parcel whisky made from a single plot of rye (Caroas variety) from the Gabert climate, harvested in 2015. Aged for 8 years in a single cask, the 254, an ex-yellow wine cask, it was then divided into three batches, each worked in reduction around different degrees of balance, each revealing a singular facet of this whisky of character, a clean, tasty and legitimate expression.

R15D24 TRIANGLE is the third part of the exploration into how the degree of balance impacts the taste of our whiskies. R15D24 is a parcel whisky made from a single plot of rye (Caroas variety) from the Gabert climate, harvested in 2015. Aged for 8 years in a single cask, the 254, an ex-yellow wine cask, it was then divided into three batches, each worked in reduction around different degrees of balance, each revealing a singular facet of this whisky of character, a clean, tasty and legitimate expression.

As the world's oldest organic distillery, S12U23* takes us into uncharted horizons. While the (Anglo-Saxon) whisky world has focused on processing barley, rye, corn and wheat, Hautes Glaces has been inspired since 2011 by a grain forgotten by the spirits world: spelt. Time and patience will then do their work, refining the ardour of this exceptional eau de vie to forge the character of this unprecedented cuvée.