Alfred Giraud Voyage is an exploration of what French whisky can be at its most distinctive. Two fine single malts — one aged in Sauternes wine casks, one aged in French robinia (acacia) casks — are married and further matured in Cognac casks. The result is a whisky that draws on three pillars of French spirit tradition: wine, wood and Cognac.
The robinia wood is the most unusual element. Native to France, robinia imparts a character quite different from any oak variety — adding floral, acacia-honey notes that are distinctly French. The Sauternes casks contribute sweetness and stone fruit, and the final Cognac cask ageing adds the warmth and structure that only brandy barrels can provide.
Whisky Advocate awarded Voyage 92 points, and the quality justifies the acclaim. This is French whisky at its most ambitious and distinctive — a spirit that could not have been made anywhere else, using French woods, French wine casks and French Cognac barrels. Limited to individually numbered bottles and priced at the luxury end of the market, Voyage is an experience rather than an everyday dram. Unmistakably French, unmistakably excellent.
