Dumangin Batch 003 Single Malt Texas Whisky 46% 700ml

J. Dumangin Fils

Dumangin Batch 003 Single Malt Texas Whisky 46% 700ml

Style Whisky > Single Malt, Whisky
Producer J. Dumangin Fils
Origin Champagne (Chigny-les-Roses, 1er Cru — Montagne de Reims)
Bottle 700ml
$247 / btl
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\n \nBalcones is a Single Malt pionner in the US. Discovered by Gilles during one of his sales trips. Waco, the town hosting the distillery is subject to an extreme climate. \nDuring Gilles august visit, the outside temperature was 48¡C. As a result ageing of whiskies is dramatically speeded up compared to Scotland. Whisky expressing extraordinary power rounded by Ratafia Champenois finish \n \n151 numbered bottles in gift boxes \n \n
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\nORIGIN: USA - TEXAS - Malt \nDISTILLATION DATE: 2014 \n1ST AGEING: 4 years in a Bourbon barrel \nFINISH: 12 months in RATAFIA CHAMPENOIS Barrel T-046 \nBOTTLING DATE: 01/2020 at Champagne Dumangin J. Fils \nNUMBER OF BOTTLES: 151 \nABV: 46% \nAGE: 5 years (at least 12 when compared to Scotch Single Malts) \nCHARACTERISTICS: Power, expression ! All rounded by the Ratafia Champenois barrel \nDISTILLERY: Balcones Ð Waco Ð Etats Unis \nNON CHILL FILTERED
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About Dumangin.

Champagne (Chigny-les-Roses, 1er Cru ·Est. 1890s (Champagne house); 1645

Champagne J. Dumangin Fils is a Premier Cru grower-producer in Chigny-les-Roses, on the Montagne de Reims in northern Champagne. The Dumangin family traces wine-growing back to Firmin Dumangin in 1645; Champagne production was established by Hippolyte Dumangin in the 1890s. Eleventh-generation brothers Laurent and François now run the estate. Beyond the standard Champagne range, the house has built an unusual secondary line: Fine de Champagne (cognac-style brandy from Champagne wine), Marc de Champagne, Ratafia, and an independent-bottled Single Malt Scotch line.

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How to pour it.

  • Temperature

    Room temperature. No ice for the first pour — taste the spirit before diluting.

  • Glassware

    Glencairn or Copita.

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Dumangin Batch 003 Single Malt Texas Whisky 46% 700ml
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Why Caravan backs J. Dumangin Fils

Champagne (Chigny-les-Roses, 1er Cru — Montagne de Reims)

The Dumangin family's wine-growing roots in Ludes — adjacent to today's estate — trace back to Firmin Dumangin, born in 1645. Champagne production under the Dumangin name was established in the 1890s by Hippolyte Dumangin in Chigny-les-Roses, the Premier Cru village on the Montagne de Reims that has remained the family's base since. In 1960, Maurice Dumangin and his three sons — Jean, Guy and Jacky — formed M. Dumangin Fils to consolidate sales and pursue export. The brothers each became independent in 1978; Jean's sons Laurent and François founded the current EARL Jean Dumangin entity in 1991, both qualified in viticulture and oenology.

The estate vineyards are concentrated in Chigny-les-Roses, a 1er Cru classification on the slopes of the Montagne de Reims. The Champagne range follows the standard méthode champenoise: hand-harvest, gentle press, parcel-by-parcel vinification, 36-month minimum bottle ageing for the Brut Reserve. The production approach emphasises long lees ageing and the vineyard-specific character of Premier Cru sites over the more uniform mass-market style of larger Champagne houses.

Beyond Champagne, Dumangin has built a secondary spirits range that is unusual for a Champagne house. The Fine de Champagne is a cognac-style brandy made from distilled Champagne-region base wine, aged in oak (with experimental finishing in Chassagne-Montrachet rouge and Bordeaux Graves rouge barrels). The Vieux Marc de Champagne is the regional grappa-equivalent. The Ratafia is a partially-fermented mistelle of grape must and Fine de Champagne, aged 3+ years. And in recent years Dumangin has launched independent bottlings of Single Malt and Single Grain Scotch at 46% under their own label — Batch 001 (single malt), Batch 002 (single grain), Batch 005 Bourbon Rye finish — adding an independent-bottler dimension to the house.

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