For the first time in its 175-year history,
Glengoyne Distillery is releasing its
oldest, most valuable Highland Single Malt:
the Glengoyne 40 Year Old.
The natural strength 40 Year Old Highland
Single Malt is regarded by the distillery to
be one of the finest whiskies it has ever
produced.
Ian Macleod Distillers Marketing Director
Iain Weir said: “This is a world class, once
in a lifetime bottling. It was essential
that the design and presentation of the
Glengoyne 40 Year Old Highland Single Malt
be a true reflection of its outstanding
quality, and reinforces its position as one
of the top luxury Limited Edition Single
Malts available in the market today.
“The
40 Year Old Single Malt captures the pure
essence of Glengoyne, from its heritage and
craftsmanship through to its exceptional and
unpeated ‘Real Taste of Malt’. It is a joy
to open casks after four decades and find
such great balance between malt and Still.
It doesn’t get any better than this,” Weir
added.
The 40 Year Old expression is contained in a
hand-blown Glencairn Crystal decanter, each
of which has an individual number engraved
in the base, and is decorated by an etching
of the Scottish distillery, reflecting up
through the malt itself.
The decanter is housed in a lacquered,
piano-finished, solid oak wood presentation
box, complete with gold plates on the front
and hand-stitched cream leather interior.
An accompanying cream leather and gold foil
traditionally bound book, signed by
Distillery Manager Robbie Hughes, provides
tasting notes and detailed background on
Glengoyne’s history as an independent
distillery since 1833.
Just 250 crystal decanters will be available
from specialist whisky outlets and in travel
retail worldwide, retailing at £3,000.
Ian Macleod Distillers is also launching a
rare, limited-edition Springbank 40 Year Old
from its Chieftain’s Single Malt Whisky
collection.
Distilled in 1968 at the Springbank
Distillery, Campbeltown, only 398 bottles of
the natural strength, unchill-filtered
whisky will be available.
It is the last, oldest and the best
Springbank cask available from the current
Chieftain’s collection, says the distiller.
The bottle is presented in a silver
leather-lined, solid oak box. Two silver
plaques on the front display all the
individual bottle details, as does the
certificate of authenticity scroll,
personally signed by Antony McCallum-Caron,
Chieftain’s Rare Malt Manager.
The limited-edition release of 398 bottles
is available globally in travel retail at an
RRP of £800. Commenting on the release Iain
Weir said: “Chieftain’s Springbank 40 Year
Old is a truly rare and exceptional whisky
which we are incredibly proud to include in
our collection.
“The combination of age and the limited
release of 398 bottles mean this will be a
real collector’s item, with its unparalleled
quality making it a joy to drink.”
