GORDON & MACPHAIL LAUNCHES NEW RARE ANNUAL SERIES

Gordon & MacPhail, has today announced the launch of a new collection of rare single cask whiskies from closed distilleries across Scotland.

The first three releases from the new annual Recollection Series, are comprised of whiskies from the St Magdalene, Glen Mhor and Lochside distilleries.

Gordon & MacPhail Recollection Series

All the whiskies in the collection have been matured in Gordon & MacPhail’s own casks, and are said to exemplify the Elgin based companies patient approach to maturation, guided by the principle that ensuring quality is always the key motivating factor.

Gordon & MacPhail Private Collection 1982 from St Magdalene Distillery (54.8% ABV) from the Lowland based distillery which closed in 1983, is a 39 Year Old single malt Scotch whisky, matured in a refill American hogshead. Limited to 165 Bottles – RRP: £2249.99.

Gordon & MacPhail Private Collection 1982 from Glen Mhor Distillery (50.8 ABV) from the Highland based distillery which closed in 1986, is a 40 Year Old single malt Scotch whisky, matured in a refill Sherry hogshead. Limited to 174 Bottles – RRP: £2249.99.

Gordon & MacPhail Private Collection 1981 from Lochside Distillery (49.2% ABV) from the Highland based distillery which closed in the early 1990s, is a 40 Year Old single malt Scotch whisky, matured in a refill Sherry hogshead. Limited to 141 bottles – RRP: £3199.99.

Commenting on the launch, Stuart Urquhart, Operations Director at Gordon & MacPhail, said: “We’re excited to release a series that revives and celebrates the spirit and character of these closed distilleries from across Scotland. Each remarkable expression is vanishingly rare and captures an unrepeatable moment in Scotland’s rich liquid heritage. Having carefully assessed the progress of each spirit down the decades, we feel now is finally the right moment to reveal these landmark single malts. We hope the annual series will excite single malt enthusiasts keen to try something different, and irreplaceable.”

The first three releases in the new Gordon & MacPhail Recollection Series, will be available later this month from selected specialist retailers.

Posted by Steve Rush

CÚ BÓCAN LAUNCHES ITS FIRST AGE STATED BOTTLING

The Tomatin Distillery, has announced the launch of the first age-stated bottling from its Cù Bòcan range.

Cù Bòcan 15 Year Old - 2022 Edition (50% ABV) is a single malt Scotch whisky, which has been fully matured in Oloroso Sherry casks.

Cù Bòcan 15 Year Old - 2022 Edition

Cù Bòcan, which is renowned for exploring innovative maturations, is distilled every winter at Tomatin Distillery in limited batches, and made with lightly peated Scottish barley.

In late 2005, after Tomatin had achieved its annual production quota, the Distillery Manager at the time brought in a load of lightly peated barley allowing the distillery to produce its own peated spirit for the last week of the year. This production coincided with incredibly low water temperatures and resulted in a slightly oilier mouthfeel in the new make spirit.

Recognising the quality of this spirit, the distillery continued to produce Cù Bòcan in small batches every winter since 2005. The newly released Cù Bòcan 15 Year Old features some of the first lightly peated spirit to be laid down in casks.

Cù Bòcan 15 Year Old, which is the first in a series of annual releases, is said to deliver notes including sun dried fruits, exotic spices, flamed orange peel, cinder toffee, black cherry and cardamom.

Commenting on the launch, Graham Nicolson, Sales Director at Tomatin Distillery, said: “We are delighted to introduce the 15 Year Old into the Cù Bòcan range, this whisky takes us back to where it all began, when we first started producing lightly peated spirit in the midst of winter back in 2005. This release is a celebration of how far we have come since then, and a nod to all the exciting plans we have in store for Cù Bòcan, opening up the world of lightly peated whisky”.

Cù Bòcan 15 Year Old - 2022 Edition, is now available from specialist retailers, for a RRP of £95.00.

Posted by Steve Rush