Michel Couvreur Alba Chapter II 2002 Single Malt Whisky 500ml 45.65%

This Michel Couvreur Alba Chapter II is a 19-year-old single cask malt matured in Malaga wine casks, delivering floral fruit, honeyed richness and refined, elegant depth.

Volume: 500ml

ABV: 45.65% (Natural Strength)

Origin: Distilled in Ireland, Matured in Burgundy, France

Style: Single Malt | Single Cask | Malaga Wine Cask

This is Couvreur in full control.

Alba Chapter II is built from triple-distilled Irish malt, laid down in 2002 and matured for nearly two decades in a Malaga wine cask deep in Couvreur’s Burgundy cellars.

No blending. No shortcuts. Just time, cask, and environment doing the work.

That Malaga cask is the key. A rich, sweet wine cask, but handled here with restraint. Instead of turning into a heavy dessert whisky, it brings lift, finesse and a kind of quiet concentration.

On the nose, it opens delicate and aromatic. Dried flowers, citrus and soft orchard fruit sit alongside honey and light cereal, all lifted and refined rather than dense.

The palate is where it builds. Cooked peach, orange peel and nutty malt roll through, layered with honey and a gentle wine-driven richness. There’s depth here, but it stays controlled, never tipping into heaviness.

It’s a different kind of richness, more about texture and persistence than sweetness.

The finish is long and composed. Spice, dried fruit and a gentle dryness carry through, leaving a clean, elegant tail that keeps drawing you back in.

This isn’t a bold whisky.

It’s a precise one.

A single cask expression that leans into finesse, showing what happens when wine cask influence is handled with patience rather than force.

Rare, refined, and built for those who appreciate subtlety over intensity.