Michel Couvreur Upper Cap is an annual release blended whisky from the Couvreur cellar in Bouze-lès-Beaune, Burgundy — each year's release drawing on the house's maturing reserves of Scottish malt spirit to produce a distinct bottling reflecting the current state of the cellar's cask stock. The 2026 release continues the Upper Cap series tradition of assembling selected sherry-cask-matured parcels into a blended whisky that demonstrates the richness and aromatic concentration characteristic of Couvreur's Burgundian maturation approach. Produced without artificial colour or chill-filtration, each bottle hand-finished at the Bouze-lès-Beaune cellar. Bottled at 47% ABV.

Michel Couvreur was a Belgian entrepreneur and whisky enthusiast who established a whisky maturation operation in Bouze-lès-Beaune in Burgundy, France, after sourcing new-make spirit from Scotland and recognising that the deep cellars of Burgundy offered unique conditions for whisky ageing. Working with traditional Burgundian stone vaulted cellars and an extensive collection of unusual casks — including rare sherry butts and wine barrels — Michel Couvreur developed a house style of highly aromatic, sherry-forward whisky unlike anything produced within the Scottish tradition. The brand continues under the stewardship of his protégés and produces a range of blended malts and single malts from Burgundy.