Maison Benjamin Kuentz La Prohibition Histoire de fût Edition 1

 

 

 

54,6°

Distillery Officially Unknown - France

Sweet Sauternes Wine Finish from Rousset Peyraguey in France

Independent Bottling 

By Maison Benjamin Kuentz

Limited Edition 

Single Cask 

Bottled in 2023

Unchillfiltered, Uncoloured

Almost Unpeated

 

 

 

The Maison Benjamin Kuentz has been around for ten years or so, the idea is to defend French whisky by offering bottlings from exclusively French distilleries. The downside is that the origin of the juice is often kept secret, as it is here, but fortunately some well-informed people were able to tell me that it comes from the Bercloux distillery, located in the Cognac region and which has been making whisky since 2002. It's a slightly reduced single cask, aged around 7 years, and the cask used to finish it is a barrel of sweet Sauternes wine from the Rousset Peyraguey estate. The wine has been matured under veil to bring out all its flavours. I don't know any further details about the maturation process, but this is a very rare bottling, of which there are very few left. The name of the bottling is La Prohibition, in honour of a whisky bar in Paris that I recommend.

Let's Taste It : 

Quite mineral on the nose, with white fruits such as lychee or plum, yellow apples, notes of limestone, gypsum, light iodine breadth, ethereal vanilla, a zest of lemon. Young wood, various cereals, oats, wheat, barley, dried sultanas. On the palate, the influence of the wine barrel is significant, thick wax, margarine, fermented fruits, bananas and mirabelle plums, pumpkin, relatively discreet spices. Well-tempered finish, shortbread biscuits, mountain honey, slight woody bitterness, a few grains of salt, pork rind.

In Short, 

It's not bad, but it's still a French whisky, with a few flaws. I found it rather fatty and waxy, and the wine wasn't perfectly integrated. Otherwise, the nose is pleasant, the alcohol is not too noticeable, and it's pleasant to drink. I have no idea what the asking price was, but in any case, it's impossible to find a bottle today, even at La Prohibition.

Score : 85

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                           To Be Listened While Sipping :

                                           Brunelle - Je Pars