Armorik - Legend - 46 ° 70 cl - Single Malt 6b11bd6ba9341f0271941e7df664d056
At the end of the 19th century, the Warenghem family, originally from the North of France, settled on the banks of the Léguer in Lannion, in the heart of the Trégor country and the pink granite coast. 6b11bd6ba9341f0271941e7df664d056 Leon, the patriarch, created the distillery and his first product, the elixir of Armorica whose fame would quickly exceed the borders of Brittany. 6b11bd6ba9341f0271941e7df664d056 The Distillery is a family affair. 6b11bd6ba9341f0271941e7df664d056 Leon's son, Henri, took over in 1919. He continued the work accomplished and diversified the activity by moving towards the development of liqueurs. 6b11bd6ba9341f0271941e7df664d056 Yves Leizour took over the distillery and joined forces in 1967 with Paul-Henri, the third generation of Warenghem. 6b11bd6ba9341f0271941e7df664d056 The Distillery remains a family affair. 6b11bd6ba9341f0271941e7df664d056 In 1983, Gilles, the son of Yves, a pharmacist by training, continued the quest for innovation. 6b11bd6ba9341f0271941e7df664d056 He locked himself in his laboratory to get out in 1987 with a blend: WB. 6b11bd6ba9341f0271941e7df664d056 The first Breton single malt followed in 1998, Armorik. 6b11bd6ba9341f0271941e7df664d056 The Celtic culture, the climate and the terroir are shared by Brittany with these Irish and Scottish cousins. 6b11bd6ba9341f0271941e7df664d056 Carried by an iodized, rainy, tumultuous climate, the Breton character is fully expressed in the whiskeys carefully prepared by Gilles Leizour. 6b11bd6ba9341f0271941e7df664d056 The risky bet of Breton whiskey is won, the Warenghem Distillery is the leader on the French whiskey market. 6b11bd6ba9341f0271941e7df664d056