Welcome to Inbox, our weekly round up of whisky news and PR material that has found its way in to our WFE email. It was created as we cannot write full articles or do justice to every piece received. It features items from around the world of whisky and is published by us each Friday. Within Inbox we aim to write a few lines detailing each press release/piece of news/PR event that we have received and provide links, where possible, for you to find out further information.
Here is the round-up of the news from this week.
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The lightly peated Highland single malt brand of Cù Bòcan has announced the fifth bottling in its limited edition Creation Series. The Cù Bòcan Creation #5 is believed to be the first ever Scotch single malt to be matured or part-matured in Colombian Andean oak. The innovative brand has used the Creations Series to explore different avenues of maturation.
The Andean oak sourced for the special casks grew at between 3,500 and 4,000 metres (11,480 to 13,120 feet) above sea level in the Andes mountains of South America. The whisky used was distilled in December 2011 and filled to re-fill American oak ex-bourbon hogsheads. After almost 10 years it was transferred to the Andean oak casks for a final finishing period of just over one year.
Cù Bòcan Creation #5 is bottled at 46% ABV and is both non chill-filtered and of natural colour. There are just 8,400 bottles in the batch and they will be available through specialist whisky retailers worldwide. A bottle will cost £60/ $US75.
Fettercairn
The Highland distillery of Fettercairn has announced the fifth and final release in its cult Warehouse Collection - the Fettercairn Warehouse 14. The new whisky has again been created by Gregg Glass, the award-winning Whisky Maker for Fettercairn, who started with a pocket of first-fill and re-fill ex-bourbon casks. These were then transferred to three different ex-beer barrels that has formerly held pale ale, dark ale and stout. It is the first time that whiskies from the exposed Warehouse 14 have featured in the series.
Fettercairn Warehouse 14 is bottled at 51.2% ABV and is both non chill-filtered and of natural colour. It will be available via specialist whisky retailers in selected world markets including Belgium, France, Germany, Netherlands and the UK. A bottle will cost £70.
Glenfiddich
The multi-award winning Speyside single malt distillery of Glenfiddich has launched the latest bottling in its renowned Grand Series - the Glenfiddich Grand Yozakura 29 years old. It is the first ever Scotch whisky to be part-matured or finished in ex-Awamori casks from Japan. Awamori is a spirit made using long grain indica rice and traditionally stored in clay pots. The method is said to remain unaltered for over 500 years. In the Okinawa region of southern Japan a small proportion of Awamori is then aged in oak barrels, which makes the casks extremely rare.
The whisky has been released to coincide with Hamami - the annual Japanese cherry blossom festival. The packaging features intricate illustrations by June, a Japanese artist who creates visions incorporating Japanese culture and landscape.
The Glenfiddich Grand Yozakura 29 years old is bottled at 45.1% ABV and is initially available in the UK at Harrods and other selected specialist and luxury retailers. A bottle will cost £1,500.
"We are always looking to experiment with new finishes so when the chance arose to acquire rare ex-Awamori casks we saw an opportunity to push the boundaries and experiment with this highly unusual spirit. We always learn something new when we lead with innovation so taking a risk is worth it."Brian Kinsman / Malt Master at Glenfiddich.
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