Ten years after its creation, the Domaine des Hautes Glaces opens its new distillery.
Created 10 years ago in the heart of the Mountains, in the French Alps, the Domaine des Hautes Glaces distillery is entering its second decade with a new distillery and new ambitions. But its original philosophy remains unchanged: to make a whisky from ingredients sourced only fromits terroir, in line with organic and rural production methods. The new distillery now has five stills, which are still heated by wood pellet burners, three beautiful oak vats of 12,000 litres each, and a magnificent cellar, semi-underground, that can hold up to 4,000 casks.
All that has been built at the Domaine des Hautes Glaces in the last 10 years comes together beautifully; energy flows through the various sites and is renewed every day, with new initiatives moving the distillery consistently forward. At the moment, for instance, the composting of dried grains is being studied to better recover this waste– part of which is already given to a horse breeder.
During the 2020/2021 financial year, a local and organic production line was also launched: "Graines des Cîmes", or Grains from the Treetops. Bringing together 15 farms, the first harvest was a great success, with high-quality barley and excellent yields. This will allow the distillery to gradually increase its annual production to reach 70,000 litres of pure alcohol per year. The future malting plant planned for the summer of 2022 will enable the Domaine to perfectly control every stage in the creation of its whiskies.
In 2021/2022, the Domaine plans to receive customers at the new site. The park, which is the entrance to the Domaine, is being transformed to guide future visitors on their journey to the distillery or to the priory’s vaulted barns, which house a shop and two tasting rooms.
In 2021/2022, the Domaine plans to receive customers at the new site.
