Wemyss Malts has just released a gathering of nine new single cask whiskies ranging from 18 to 27 years old to commenorate midsummer.
The single cask list includes “Arbor in Bloom” 1995 (20yo) single cask from Glen Grant Distillery, Speyside”; Summer Breeze” 1995 (20yo) single cask from Linkwood Distillery, Speyside; “Spiced Rum Baba” 1988 (27yo) single cask from Glenrothes Distillery, Speyside, “Banquet of Fruits” (21yo) single cask from Aberfeldy Distillery, Highlands and “Nuts about Pears” (24yo) single cask from Blair Athol Distillery, Highlands. William Wemyss, Founder and Managing Director at Wemyss Malts, commented: “As there are more hours of daylight today, we’ve released a larger batch of nine single casks to provide an opulent choice of drams to enjoy through the long evening light. From the topical “Summer Breeze” and “Fields of Barley” to “Arbor in Bloom” and “Banquet of Fruits”, all are ideal for joining in with the midsummer revelries.” Each cask is limited to only a few hundred bottles with suggested retail prices ranging from £80 to £150.
A rare, single-cask whisky from Glenmorangie has been bottled in honour of Prince Albert II of Monaco. The bottle aims to support environmental conservation, a cause which is important to both the Prince and Glenmorangie.
Dr Bill Lumsden, Glenmorangie’s Director of Distilling and Whisky Creation said, “The beautiful, pale gold whisky we chose was matured in an ex-bourbon cask for 12 years. Reflecting nature’s gifts in its notes of heather, honey, bananas, peaches and lime, the bottling epitomises the Prince and Glenmorangie’s combined passion for single malt and the natural world.”
Each bottle will have a unique seal, ensuring the origin and authenticity of the rare bottle.
GLENGLASSAUGH has released its second batch of single cask bottlings. They have been selected by Managing Director and Master Distiller Billy Walker.
There are eight malts in this new batch which range from 42 to 36 years.
Alistair Walker, Sales Director comments, “The BenRiach Distillery Company took over Glenglassaugh distillery in 2013 and we released our first batch of rare casks in April last year.
The response on this first batch release was fantastic, with connoisseurs worldwide delighted to get their hands on these aged, extraordinary malts.
We are therefore delighted to issue Batch 2 today which comprises another eight magnificent expressions – smooth, warm, characterful and sublime Highland whisky at its finest.”
BenRiach has released the latest batch, its eleventh, of single cask bottlings. It comprises fourteen superb casks that were bottled in July and are all now available. Ranging from 9 to 37 years old, the much-anticipated release demonstrates a hugely eclectic range of expressions for which BenRiach is renowned, with astonishing variety across the fourteen casks. These include whiskies in the traditional, classic Speyside style, peated expressions and wood finishes such as Dark Rum, Tawny Port, Madeira, Virgin Oak, Pedro Ximenez Sherry and a Marsala wood finish. All fourteen casks have been hand-selected by BenRiach’s Managing Director and Master Distiller, Billy Walker, who described them as “absolutely special” and added, “Wood Management is one of the most important factors in ensuring excellence of quality during maturation. The most important factor is to use top-quality casks – Bourbon barrels, Hogsheads and ex-Wine Seasoned casks – and there is a role in the maturation process for all of these casks. Getting the wood right can be expensive but it’s one of the things I’m most proud of since we took over BenRiach.”
The oldest, 1976 #529, at 44.2% vol, is Sherry Cask Matured and finished in a Bourbon barrel. Fresh crisp oak and cereal combine with sweet plum syrup, developing to an elegant, soft tropical fruit and toasted coconut finish. While the youngest, 2005 # 3781, at 58.7% vol, a Virgin American Oak Hogshead, offers floods of sweet peat reek in rich caramelised apple and pear, softening gently to dried apricot and desiccated coconut.
Award-Winning GlenDronnach has released Batch 9 of its single cask bottlings, selected as always by Master Blender Billy Walker. The magnificent nine, ranging from 18 to 41 years old, share GlenDronach’s typically richly sherried signature taste complemented by notes of almonds, cherries, raisins, prunes and lime, even cracked black pepper, cocoa beans and red chilli sauce! Six were matured in Pedro Ximenez sherry puncheons while the other three come from Oloroso sherry butts. The result is a swirling and mesmerising range of expressions – from delicate sweetness to puckering malt monsters.
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