When you have an additional $275,000 mendacity round, The Dalmore has a deal for you: the model simply unveiled The Dalmore A long time 5 Piece Assortment, a one-of-a sort, assortment of 5 whiskies spanning 5 a long time. The worth tag: $275k.
“Over the previous 50 years, I’ve stored a watchful eye over our superlative stock of uncommon whiskies, giving them the steerage to mature and attain their full potential within the best casks sourced from all over the world,” says Grasp Distiller Richard Paterson. “The Dalmore A long time opens doorways to the world of luxurious – each drop of liquid is a masterpiece of time. This assortment is a memento of our 180-year historical past and every bottle marks a really particular milestone and has a novel story to inform. If the final yr has taught us something, it’s that life is to be loved now and I hope the fortunate collector will take pleasure in with these closest to them.”
Whiskies within the assortment come from 1967, 1979, 1980, 1995, and 2000. Fifteen units in complete have been made, and just one (set 14 of 15, should you’re ) shall be making its method to the USA, the place it is going to be bought by Wally’s Wine& Spirits.
“The Dalmore A long time Assortment represents High quality and Historical past at its best. These pillars of scotch carry the very same beliefs as Wally’s,” says Wally’s President & Principal, Christian Navarro. “We right here at Wally’s are steeped in custom carried by our drive to convey the world’s best merchandise to the planet’s greatest folks. We really feel it is a Very Uncommon tremendous particular second in time to have this nice alternative to share these gems.”
The one among one, five-bottle assortment within the U.S. is comprised of:
The Dalmore A long time 1967 – ‘Expertly Composed Spirit’
An impeccably elegant 53-year-old single malt, laid down in 1967, a landmark yr during which the stillhouse because it stands at this time was created. This single malt supplies complicated however splendidly intriguing layers of clementine, tangy floor espresso, and muscovado, because of its closing maturation in a Mont-Redon Châteauneuf-du-Pape wine barrique.
The Dalmore A long time 1979 – ‘Curating Beautiful Casks’
This 40-year-old single malt is a tribute to the longstanding relationship between González Byass and The Dalmore. The 1979 has loved maturation in a very tremendous Matusalem Oloroso sherry butt earlier than a closing maturation in a Graham’s Port Classic 1952 – one among Port’s rarest vintages. The ensuing whisky is exuberant sultanas and toasted pistachios, ending in nice notes of maple syrup, pineapple, and succulent dates.
The Dalmore A long time 1980 – ‘Unbroken Chain of Visionaries’
The Nineteen Eighties marked Richard Paterson’s arrival at The Dalmore and his tutelage by the final Mackenzie. Like his predecessor, Richard’s long-standing tenure personifies a dedication to the imaginative and prescient of the distillery established 180 years in the past. This 40-year-old single malt takes the normal maturation of The Dalmore and reverses it: the whisky strikes from Bourbon casks into Matusalem sherry butts, then spends greater than 5 years again in first-fill ex-Bourbon casks earlier than bottling – a daring transfer which brings renewed life and vivacity to the spirit. The 1980 guarantees superbly orchestrated single malt layers, which embody a delicate whisper of bitter chocolate, marzipan, and cocoa powder.
The Dalmore A long time 1995 – ‘The Creation of an Icon’
The 90s welcomed the creation of an icon The Dalmore’s minimalist bell-shaped bottle, its sinuous curves echoing the voluptuous form of the stills by way of which the distillery’s matchless spirit runs. The 1995 is matured in ex-Bourbon casks and completed in spectacular Tintilla de Rota port pipes. It affords a burst of pink berries, glazed nectarines, frangipane, and moist pecan pie on the palate, constructing to a triumphal end.
The Dalmore A long time 2000 – ‘Into the New Millennium’
At 12:02am on Saturday, 1 January 2000, because the world celebrated the daybreak of a brand new age, employees at The Dalmore have been at their posts securing a notable achievement for the Highland distillery: the primary in Scotland to run new spirit off the stills within the third millennium, formally witnessed three minutes after midnight. The ultimate whisky of The Dalmore A long time can be maybe essentially the most distinctive: it has spent all 20 years of its life in a Matusalem Oloroso sherry butt in a radical departure from the distillery’s follow. Uncommon and intriguing, black maraschino cherry and bitter chocolate drench the palate, and a closing kiss of licorice and tarte Tatin ebbs slowly within the background. Whereas it took 20 lengthy years to craft this distinctive spirit, its distinctive high quality might be acknowledged in a matter of seconds.
As a part of The Dalmore’s international initiative, the model has additionally launched a one among one set of six whiskies, the No.6 Assortment, which shall be supplied at public sale by Sotheby’s in Hong Kong in October 2021, as a part of the corporate’s autumn gross sales sequence. A big proportion of the sale shall be donated to Scotland’s design museum and the primary V&A Museum outdoors of London, V&A Dundee.
