WH news ISKY New Whisky at Glenfarclas
Family-owned Glenfarclas have added a new 40 years old whisky to their portfolio of premium Highland single malt scotch whiskies. Glenfarclas 40 Years has been bottled at 46 per cent vol from casks fi lled in the late 1960s and selected by George S Grant, director of sales and the sixth generation of the family which own and manage the distillery. With good stocks of casks fi lled in the 1960s, the distillery is now able to offer whisky with a 40 years old statement as part of their core range. This whisky will be available worldwide, with a quarter of production destined for North America. George Grant’s tasting notes for this new expression read: ‘The dry fi nish oozes big tannins and more rich dark cocoa beans.
Let this whisky breathe a little or add a drop or two of water to fully open up the dram.’ Glenfarclas 40 years old was formally launched in April with a consumer tasting at the distillery during the Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival. Glenfarclas 40 years old is presented in the Glenfarclas amber bottle and a ruby gift tube, with a design akin to the Glenfarclas 10 years old. By deliberately not over packaging this old whisky J and G Grant are able to offer the Glenfarclas 40 Years Old at a competitive UK recommended retail price of £350. As George Grant explained: ‘Compared to other whiskies of a similar age, this has been priced to open and enjoy.’
Tomintoul wins Top Award
Tomintoul 33-years-old Special Reserve single malt is the oldest expression to have been bottled by the distillery to date and has won the Best Speyside Single Malt Whisky for 2010. Duncan Baldwin, Brand Development Director, commented: ‘This fl agship in the Tomintoul range is richly deserving of such a prestigious award. The hints of toffee and rum with cedary wood tones
A large number of visitors and exhibitors attended VisitScotland Expo 2010 in the SECC in Glasgow recently. This year there were more than 250 exhibitors and around 800 buyers from 30 different countries attended. Popular with visitors was the Ayrshire and Arran stand where a whisky tasting session was held.
WHISKY VISITOR NUMBERS UP
New fi gures announced recently by Scotland Whisky – the national Whisky Tourism Organisation – reinforce the importance of Scotch whisky to Scotland’s tourism sector. Visitor numbers grew by 2.6 per cent in 2009, with 1, 268,553 visiting a distillery in Scotland, while consumer spending at distilleries increased by nearly 13 per cent, contributing £28.4 million to the local economy.
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and a touch of fruity maltiness cannot fail to entice the nose of the Speyside enthusiast.’
The company launched the 33 years old expression in the second half of 2009. Each bottle retails for around £125. Tomintoul Distillery is located near to the village of Tomintoul, the highest village in the Highlands on the Glenlivet Estate in the heart of Speyside.
HONOURING THE CAIRNGORMS
The Cairngorms National Park is amongst the most pristine and natural environments left in the UK. It was therefore appropriate for Whisky Castle along with Douglas Laing to bottle a 20- year-old Tomintoul in celebration of more than fi ve years of the National Park’s inauguration with an expression of whisky that was essentially distilled within the Park. It is a dram that refl ects the nature of this beautiful place, in that the 20-year- old Tomintoul has been bottled in the most natural state achievable. The Whisky Castle Tomintoul has also been granted permission to place the Cairngorms National Park Authority Osprey logo on a malt whisky bottle label for the fi rst time.
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