Armorik

On the north coast of Brittany, in the town of Lannion in France, Distillerie Warenghem has made spirits since 1900. It began life producing liqueurs, long before whisky took hold here. The company has stayed independent and family-owned for more than a century. When single malt finally arrived, it carried the name Armorik, an old word for Brittany itself. The whisky is mashed, fermented, distilled, aged and bottled entirely on site. It is left at its natural colour and is not chill-filtered, which keeps the fruity, local character intact. Warenghem belongs to a small group of pioneers who proved France could make its own malt whisky. In 1998 it released Armorik, the first Breton single malt. That bottling helped open the door for the wider French whisky scene.