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Impeccably Crafted IMPECCABLY CRAFTED IMPECCABLY SPECIAL RELEASES 2016 THE TEN 2016 SPECIAL RELEASES INTRODUCING... 525.- 795.- 1900.- 3300.- 365.- 330.- 119.50 106.- 400.- 990.- alle Preise in Schweizer Franken / solange Vorrat SPECIALHighly RELEASES Confidential 2016 Special Releases 2016 03 Contents 04 Essential Notes 05 Summary 06 What Makes a Special Release Special 07 2016 Highlights 08 Exploring the Special Releases summary, tasting guide, facts 09 Auchroisk 12 Brora 15 Cambus 18 Caol Ila CONTENTS 21 Cragganmore 24 Glenkinchie 27 Lagavulin 30 Linkwood 33 Mannochmore 36 Port Ellen 39 Detail shots & Smart Brand details SPECIALHighly RELEASES Confidential 2016 Special Releases: Essential Notes A series of small annual releases of limited edition, usually natural cask strength single malts; very old and unusual bottlings from famous and closed distilleries. Sought after at whisky auctions and collectable too, these are above all magnificent and unusual whiskies to drink and enjoy - perfect for enthusiasts and connoisseurs alike. Exquisitely packaged by leading designers, two being released this year would make a very special gift for a 25 year old - or could celebrate a 25th anniversary. ESSENTIAL NOTES ESSENTIAL Truly special, from individually designed packaging, to scarcity - often individually numbered, only a few thousand bottles worldwide. Sometimes, just a few hundred. SPECIALHighly RELEASES Confidential 2016 Special Releases: 2016 Summary There are ten Special Releases in this year’s range A 40 year old CAMBUS is this year’s oldest release and the third ever single grain release in this series. An unusual and rare 25 year old from MANNOCHMORE aged in rejuvenated casks could make a superb 25th Anniversary present. Another 25 year old release is of the rarely seen AUCHROISK. The third flavour led release in this series is of a delicious CRAGGANMORE. This year’s 16th release of PORT ELLEN is our oldest ever and a quite wonderful 37 year old. It is the most expensive Special Release ever. Another 37 year old is a highly regarded LINKWOOD. The 38 year old 1977 BRORA is also the oldest ever bottled in this series. So is the 24 year old GLENKINCHIE. ESSENTIAL NOTES ESSENTIAL For those who like their Classic Malts to come from Islay, the unusual and rare unpeated cask strength CAOL ILA, this year bottled at 15 years old, or the distinctive 12 year old cask strength LAGAVULIN are equally excellent. Each is quite different from the other, and from its sister Classic Malts regular bottling. Lagavulin is celebrating its 200th anniversary this year. Highly Confidential What Makes A Special Release “Special”? Exquisite Liquids Rare Limited Bottlings Award Winning Often using diminishing Small bottlings, Cask Strength liquid from closed most individually Non-Chill Filtered distilleries numbered Highly sought after by connoisseurs and collectors - also a great choice for WHAT MAKES THEM THEM SPECIAL? MAKES WHAT those who simply want an extra special gift for a loved one 6 Highly Confidential 2016 Special Releases: Highlights 10 Rare Bottlings 6 New Expressions 3 Closed Distilleries 4 Return of the Greats HIGHLIGHTS HIGHLIGHTS OF THE 2016 REELASES 7 Highly Confidential EXPLORING RELASES THE 2016 SPECIAL EXPLORING 8 Highly Confidential Auchroisk 25 Year Old Distilled 1990 ABV 51.2% Region: Speyside A limited edition, natural cask strength single malt. From Auchroisk, an active distillery on Speyside, rarely seen as a single malt. A third limited release in this series. Interesting to compare with the 20 year old released in 2010 and the 30 year old released in 2012. From a mix of refill American Oak hogsheads & refill AUCHROISK European Oak butts filled in 1990. Just 3,954 individually numbered bottles worldwide. From specialist retailers only. RRSP CHF 436. SKU # 727468 Highly Confidential Auchroisk 25 Year Old Distilled 1990 ABV 51.2% Tasting Guide A fruity apéritif malt, at its best with a little water; enjoyable at the start of an evening and indeed at other times too. Gloriously fresh and fruity, with a light body and good structure; the initially clean nose gives little hint of the spicy flavours of fruit that follow. Appearance: Amber gold. Long-legged beading. Nose: Light and precise, soon growing in depth and complexity. Top notes of fresh, crisp, juicy fruit (orange peel, pear skin) are backed by fragrant almond oil. Later, leather and the merest suggestion of TASTING GUIDE TASTING smoke. Water attractively increases the scented oil and brings up aniseed and fruit salad (tinned – pears). Some late, faint smoke. Body: Light to medium, oily. Palate: Initially cool and sweet, with fresh acidity and a light smooth texture, then quickly hotter, with spicy fruit, as in a spiced fruit tea-cake. With a little water, slimmer, still cooling and not so sweet as the perfume grows and the heat reduces in favour of a softer spiciness. This descends into an attractive drier nuttiness, developing as dark chocolate, with hints of menthol and a grating of orange zest. Still fresh and well balanced, with a pleasing chewy texture. AUCHROISK AUCHROISK Finish: Sustained and warming, with notes of liquorice and peppermint cordial, green pistachio, clove. Highly Confidential Auchroisk 25 Year Old Distilled 1990 ABV 51.2% Distillery Facts One of Scotland’s newest distilleries, established in 1974 at Mulben, in Banffshire, a mile from the River Spey where it leaves the valley behind to start its final run to the sea. The most northerly distillery on Speyside. The name means “Ford of the Red Stream” in Gaelic. A burn flowing from Dorie’s Well provides plentiful water for distilling. Situated in a wooded rural district midway between Keith and Rothes. DISTILLERY FACTS DISTILLERY Rarely available so far as a single malt. Highly unusual as one. – There have been four previous distillery releases as AUCHROISK. A 12 year old ‘Flora and Fauna’ distillery only bottling was available from the early 1990s. Light, sweet and fresh, it had a pleasant mouth-feel and a surprisingly dry finish for a Speyside malt. A 28 year old cask-strength 1974 was released as a Rare Malt in 2003. Soft, liquorice toffee nose, smooth soft body, sweet with some acidity on the palate, warming, long finish. A 20 year old was a Special Release in 2010. Light yet rich in style, with an attractive, creamy texture and charming sweetness to balance its considerable strength. A 30 year old was a Special Release in 2012. Gloriously fresh and fruity, with real body and structure; the AUCHROISK AUCHROISK clean and well-structured nose giving little hint of the complex, silky fruit and nut flavours to follow. Highly Confidential Brora 38 Year Old Distilled 1977 ABV 48.6% Region: Coastal Highland A limited edition, natural cask strength single malt. From a closed distillery at Brora on the Sutherland coast. The oldest BRORA we have bottled in this series. Fifteenth of a limited series of annual releases. Annual allocation has extended availability of this irreplaceable malt but stocks are now depleted. BRORA From refill American Oak hogsheads and refill European Oak butts filled in 1977. Only 2984 individually numbered bottles worldwide. From specialist retailers only. RRSP CHF 2,262.00 per bottle. SKU # 727371 Highly Confidential Brora 38 Year Old Distilled 1977 ABV 48.6% Tasting Guide A superb, well-balanced example of this outstanding single malt; robust, with breezy maritime notes on the nose, yet soon showing an easy charm, self-assured and approachable, retaining distillery character even at this advanced age with more smoke, ash and peat than recent expressions, while with a drop of water it is also smoothly seductive. Appearance: Old gold or mid-amber. Slow, fine legs. Nose: Confident, wide ranging and lightly drying. A wave of fresh lemons, smoke and wood ash with accents of mint and toffee rolls in above a base note of damp sand or leather polish. Both aroma and smoke fade as hints of sweet malt grow. Later, there’s a trace of vanilla sponge and a hint of snuffed candle. Peppery, with wood ash, it’s TASTING GUIDE TASTING clean, fresh and appetising. Water brings up sweet, waxy notes of cream soda and minty toffee, wood smoke and ash. – Body: Medium. Palate: Very easy to drink at natural strength: cool, smooth and slightly waxy, with lemon peel and rising wood ash above sweet, coating, caramel. Sweet and fragrant. Depth and complexity emerge together as lightly spicy smooth tannins and a minty, peaty pungency develop. Water silkily increases the well-balanced sweetness and seductive spice and adds a venerable air. BRORA BRORA Finish: Firm and lengthy; nicely charred and chewy, with warming ginger and dark chocolate followed by immediate scented smoke, leaving the tongue tingling as it cools the breath with sweet mint. Softly pungent with water; distant wood smoke and smooth chocolate with faint cedar and pine Highly Confidential Brora 38 Year Old Distilled 1977 ABV 48.6% Distillery Facts Founded 1819 as Clynelish by the Marquess of Stafford, soon Duke of Sutherland. Cost to build CHF 750. This would barely buy half a bottle today! One of Scotland's earliest purpose-built malt whisky distilleries. Leased to James Harper, then Andrew Ross and George Lawson – all local men. Sold in 1896 to Leith blenders, Ainslie & Co. "A singularly valuable property, as the make has always obtained the highest price of any single Scotch whisky" Harper's Weekly 1896. Rebuilt & steam power introduced 1897. Closed 1931-38, 1941-1945. Stills direct coal-fired until 1961. DISTILLERY FACTS DISTILLERY New Clynelish distillery built 1967-8 and old distillery closed. – Old distillery re-opened with re-built mash house 1975. Now named Brora. Produced alongside new Clynelish into the early 80s in a heavily peated “Islay” style. Closed 1983. As a big whisky, well suited to long ageing in cask; only very small stocks remain.
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