FETTERCAIRN DISTILLERY UNVEILS NEW
16 YEAR OLD 2022 LIMITED EDITION
2022 marks the third restricted launch within the annual sequence, which showcases totally different maturation journeys from the distinctive distillery character
Fettercairn Distillery has unveiled the most recent launch of its well-liked 16 Yr Previous Single Malt Whisky. The gathering launched in 2020 as a sequence of limited-edition annual releases of 16 Yr Previous Single Malt, every with their very own distinct recipe. This 2022 launch affords a style of the Aberdeenshire distillery’s distinctive tropical home type, while exploring the affect of a singular end for Fettercairn.
This extremely anticipated launch affords a uncommon expertise of the distillery’s tropical character with accentuated notes of unique fruits and syruped figs, underpinned by mild roasted espresso. This 16 Yr Previous is an expertly balanced expression completed with a trilogy of casks; affect led by maturation in first fill Oloroso sherry cask, earlier than additional maturation in first fill Pedro Ximénez sherry casks and a last end in ex Bourbon barrels, all shaping the distinctive character of this refined whisky.
This specifically chosen trilogy of casks illustrates Fettercairn Distillery’s curiosity – searching for to create and evolve flavour with every new launch. The ensuing 16 Yr Previous Single Malt whisky unites unique fruity aromas within the type of ripe guava with patisserie spices, cocoa and a crescendo of pure vanilla to create layers of wealthy flavour bringing depth to the ripe unique fruit traits sometimes present in Fettercairn spirit when it reaches its mid-late teenagers.
Bottled at 46.4%, pure in color and non-chill filtered, this new 16 Yr Previous guarantees the perfect of Fettercairn, unifying uncommon, matured spirit with a singular cask journey for Fettercairn, bringing to life a narrative of creativity and craft within the distinctive method which has come to outline the distillery.
Grasp Whisky Maker Gregg Glass: “In creating this recipe, choosing these casks, I got down to additional discover the boundaries of what we will obtain at Fettercairn in our quest for true distinction while persevering with to ship on the tropical home character that defines Fettercairn. As soon as once more, the result’s a really particular, one-off creation that can by no means be repeated. The problem was to wonderful tune the steadiness of cask affect that may ship the distinctive profile I used to be in search of. A novel consuming expertise, which, with accentuated flavour traits, outline Fettercairn.”
Fettercairn 16 Yr Previous 2022 launch shall be accessible throughout Europe together with France, UK, the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium from July onwards, extending to International Journey Retail and key Asia markets into 2023, at an RSP of £72. The GTR version shall be in 1L codecs with an RSP of £82.50.
TASTING NOTES
COLOUR – Amber gold with dawn flecks.
NOSE – Dried unique fruits, calmly syruped figs, grapefruit and notes of mature oak.
TASTE – Sunkissed raisins, ripe guava, patisserie spices and cocoa qualities elaborated with a crescendo of pure vanilla. End encompasses moist ginger cake, ardour fruit, baked apple, underpinned with mild notes of roasted espresso.
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About Fettercairn
Pushed by an enlightened ethos on the coronary heart of our distilling philosophy since 1824, as we speak Fettercairn Distillery lives by a long-standing dedication to unfettered pondering.
We’re not like different distilleries and we’ve by no means been afraid to tread our personal path. It’s solely by defying conference, custom and expectation, we will undertake an enlightened and progressive method.
Take our cooling ring, our house grown Scottish oak and single property whiskies, the particular collaboration with 200 native farmers, the Warehouse 2 Assortment. And never forgetting the unicorn on our bottle!
Our imaginative and prescient is future going through, so we don’t have to look again to maneuver ahead. However in the end, all of this results in an unwavering dedication to a affluent and sustainable future for whisky making.
We’re Fettercairn; the house of enlightened whisky making.
About Gregg Glass- Grasp Whisky Maker
Revered whisky maker Gregg Glass joined Whyte and Mackay in 2016, the place he has been a number one gentle within the rejuvenation of Fettercairn alongside Distillery Supervisor Stewart Walker.
Gregg loved a childhood within the coronary heart of whisky making nation, the Black Isle. With 22 years in trade notably 11 years at modern whisky maker Compass Field, Gregg joined Whyte and Mackay in 2016 to work alongside famend Grasp Distiller Mr Richard Paterson OBE.
Gregg has loved 15 years profession as a blender and whisky maker. At Whyte and Mackay Gregg has led whisky growth for Fettercairn Single Malt Whisky, Jura Single Malt Whisky and in 2017 launched Whisky Works – an unbiased innovation wing of Whyte and Mackay.
Gregg is dedicated to his craft and believes in flavour-led hands-on whisky making. Gregg is passionately concerned in each facet of the whisky making course of from ‘acorn to glass’ and since 2020 leads whisky making throughout the Whyte and Mackay portfolio.
Award-Profitable Whisky Makers Whyte and Mackay
Whyte and Mackay is house to a group of multi-award-winning Single Malt Whiskies together with The Dalmore, Jura and Fettercairn. With a premium spirits portfolio that features modern whisky manufacturers Shackleton, Woodsman and John Barr, alongside well-liked alcohol manufacturers Wildcat, Fundador and Harveys Bristol Cream and Aperitivo. Within the UK the corporate produce Whyte & Mackay, an award-winning ever-popular Blended Whisky, which just lately launched the market-leading ‘Whyte & Mackay Mild’ – a lighter spirit drink from Scotland, bottled at a decrease ABV.
In 2020 the corporate had been publicly recognised by the First Minister of Scotland for his or her assist of the nationwide pandemic response. Whyte and Mackay are official companions to SAMH – Scottish Affiliation for Psychological Well being, which noticed Whyte and Mackay staff worldwide full a virtual-race-around-the-world to lift consciousness for the charity.
Based in Glasgow 1844, the whisky makers celebrated their 175 yr anniversary in 2019. At the moment Whyte and Mackay have workplaces from New York to Singapore. In Scotland, Whyte and Mackay function a state-of-the-art Bottling Corridor and Distribution Centre in Grangemouth and a Whisky Manufacturing and Warehousing Centre in Invergordon.
Whyte and Mackay’s whisky making is led by Grasp Distiller Richard Paterson OBE and pioneering Grasp Whisky Maker Gregg Glass.
