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 Speyside distillery of The Balvenie has announced a new trilogy of rare single malts, and the first bottling in that series. The Balvenie Fifty Collection is a celebration of some of the oldest stocks remaining at the distillery and launches with the First Edition. The subsequent bottlings in the trilogy will be released annually and the collection has been curated by Kelsey McKechnie, the Malt Master for The Balvenie.
The Balvenie Fifty Collection First Edition is a 50 years old single European oak refill ex-sherry butt. The spirit was distilled and filled to the cask in 1973 and is released at the natural cask strength of 52.3% ABV. The cask has yielded just 125 bottles - these will be initially exclusive to Harrods in London before being made available to other specialist and luxury retailers worldwide from September. A bottle will cost £42,500.
"Each Edition in this collection will be a testament to the craftsmanship that has defined our liquid over the past 50 years. The unique characteristics of these rare casks create a truly exceptional experience and set a new benchmark for our contribution to the rare and extraordinary whisky market at The Balvenie."Kelsey McKechnie.
The Lowland distillery of Lochlea has announced its latest small batch single malt - the Lochlea Harvest Edition (Third Crop). The new bottling is released as the award-winning field-to-bottle distillery celebrates its sixth birthday and has been created by John Campbell, the Director of Production at Lochlea. Harvest Edition forms part of a wider series inspired by the farming year and features Sowing, Fallow and Ploughing Editions also. The Third Crop will be the final bottling for each.
Lochlea Harvest Edition (Third Crop) features a pocket of whisky that has been double matured, firstly in refill ex-bourbon barrels and then ex-Port wine hogsheads. There is also a single ex-Oloroso sherry butt in the mix. It is bottled at 46% ABV and is both non-chill filtered and of natural colour. The new whisky will be available from selected specialist whisky retailers in the UK and limited other world markets from the end of August. A bottle will cost £52.
The Highland distillery of Glenmorangie have added two new whiskies to their core travel retail range - the Glenmorangie Vindima 16 years old (pictured, above) and Aureum 21 years old. Both have been created by Gilliam Macdonald, the Master Blender for Glenmorangie, and Dr. Bill Lumsden, the Director of Whisky Creation for the brand. Both are released at 43% ABV.
The Glenmorangie Vindima 16 years old has been matured in ex-bourbon barrels before a finishing period in ex-Malmsey wine casks. Malmsey is a sweet style of wine from the island of Madeira. The name Vindima is a festival on the island that celebrates the grape harvest. The new whisky is available in airports worldwide now. A bottle will cost €105/ £90/ US$115.
The Glenmorangie Aureum 21 years old has been fully matured in ex-bourbon barrels. Aureum means 'gold' in Latin. It is available now in The Glenmorangie Boutique in Heathrow Terminal 2 and will be available worldwide from September. A bottle will cost €250/ £215/ US$275.
"We know global travellers and whisky lovers are always looking for delicious new discoveries, and these travel retail exclusives are sure to expand their flavour horizons. With our growing range, we hope to bring more joy to whisky lovers as they journey through airports around the world."Gillian Macdonald.
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