Michel Couvreur Hyphen Blended Malt Whisky 2024 Edition 500ml 46%

This Michel Couvreur Hyphen 2024 Edition is a limited blended malt combining aged Scottish whisky and young French peated spirit, delivering elegance, spice and a uniquely savoury depth.

Volume: 500ml

ABV: 46%

Origin: Scotland & France, Matured in Burgundy

Style: Blended Malt | Multi-Cask | Lightly Peated

This is two worlds connected by a line.

“Hyphen” isn’t just a name, it’s exactly what’s happening in the bottle. A blend of two completely different whiskies, stitched together to create something that shouldn’t work… but absolutely does.

Around 75% is mature Scottish single malt, distilled in 2006 and aged for roughly 17 years in Fino sherry and Chenin wine casks. Elegant, subtle, slightly softened with age.

The remaining 25% is young, peated French malt, distilled in 2016 and aged around 7 years in old Moscatel casks. Bright, aromatic, and full of energy.

Put them together… and things get interesting.

On the nose, it opens layered and slightly unconventional. Dried fruit, apple and vanilla lead, backed by soft smoke, toasted grain and a faint savoury edge that gives it real character.

The palate is where the “hyphen” shows itself. Sweet malt, caramel and orchard fruit from the older Scotch meet spice, smoke and freshness from the younger French component. There’s even a slightly umami, almost miso-like depth running through it.

It shouldn’t balance… but it does.

The finish is medium-long and evolving. Oak, spice and light smoke carry through with a gentle dryness and a toasted edge that keeps it structured.

This isn’t a classic whisky.

It’s not meant to be.

It’s about contrast, tension, and how two very different spirits can actually lift each other when they’re put together properly.

A seriously interesting bottle. Limited, expressive, and built for drinkers who want something a bit left of centre.