Welcome to Inbox - our weekly round up of whisky news and PR material that has found its way in to the WFE email. We started Inbox several years ago 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 a round-up of this week's whisky news.
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The House of Hazelwood has revealed its third collection of aged and rare whiskies, which have been curated using whiskies selected from one of the greatest inventories of Scotch in existence. This is owned by the Gordon family and the collection is designed to showcase their adventurous spirit.
The House of Hazelwood - The 2024 Collection consists of eight blended malt and grain whiskies, which cover a wide range of flavour profiles. These are split into two sub-collections - The Charles Gordon Collection and The Legacy Collection. Details are below. The bottles can be purchased via the House of Hazelwood website and selected whisky retailers in selected markets - these include France, Germany, Italy, Taiwan, the UK and the USA.
The Charles Gordon Collection
- A Minute to Midnight/ 45 years old blend/ 58.6% ABV/ 154 bottles/ £4,000
- The Garden at Hazelwood/ 47 years old blended malt/ 45.8% ABV/ 137 bottles/ £4,500
- The Old Ways/ 1972 vintage single grain/ 50.1% ABV/ 123 bottles/ £3,500
- The Last Trace/ 58 years old blended malt/ 43.1% ABV/ 65 bottles/ £6,000
The Legacy Collection
- The Hazelwood Highlander/ 33 years old blend/ 45.8% ABV/ 203 bottles/ £1,200
- The Transatlantic/ 33 years old blended grain/ 57.3% ABV/ 291 bottles/ £1,300
- The Silk Traveller/ 44 years old single grain/ 47.6% ABV/ 212 bottles/ £1,500
- Queen of the Hebrides/ 36 years old Islay blended malt/ 43.4% ABV/ 274 bottles/ £2,000
The Highland distillery of Glenturret has announced the release of its 2024 bottlings of single malts. The Glenturret 2024 Collection consists of eight whiskies, which have been created by Bob Dalgano - the Master Whisky Maker for Glenturret. This includes four core range products - the Glenturret Triple Wood (£62), 7 years old Peat Smoked (£67), 10 years old Peat Smoked (£67) and 12 years old (£70). These form the foundation of the collection.
They are joined by four limited editions. These include the Glenturret 14 years old Peat Smoked (£150), which is a distillery exclusive bottling matured in European oak ex-sherry casks, and the 15 years old (£165), which is restricted to 6,000 bottles. There are also two extremely scarce older age statements - the 25 years old (£1,400) plus the 30 years old (£2,100). These have just 210 and 300 bottles available respectively. All are available via www.theglenturret.com and selected specialist whisky retailers worldwide.
The Speyside distillery of Aultmore has unveiled a new travel retail range of single malts named as Aultmore: The Cask Finish Collection. The set consists of four whiskies - 12-, 18-, 21- and 25-years old - all of which have undergone initial maturation periods in American oak re-fill ex-bourbon hogsheads and barrels. Each has then been finished in a different style of cask to add an alternative flavour profile. They have been created by Stephanie Macleod, the award-winning Malt Master for Aultmore.
The 12 years old has been finished in second-fill ex-Oloroso sherry casks and will cost £45/ US$58. The 18 years old has seen a secondary maturation in second-fill ex-Madeira wine barrels and will cost £132/ US$180. The 21 years old features a finish in second-fill ex-Calvados brandy casks and will cost £195/ US$250. The 25 years old has been finished in first-fill ex-Oloroso sherry casks and will cost £390/ US$500. All are bottled at 46% ABV and are of natural colour and non-chill filtered.
The new whiskies also feature fully recyclable secondary packaging and a tin bottle seal, which makes them entirely plastic free. The decision has also been made to release these whiskies in 50cl bottles, rather than the traditional 70cl. They are available now in airports within Africa, India, the Middle East and the UK. Asia, Australia and the Pacific region will follow later in the year.
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