Speyside distillery Glenfiddich has released Grand Cru, a 23-year-old single malt finished in cuvée wine casks from France’s Champagne region.
Glenfiddich Grand Cru has
been matured in American oak and a small number of ex-Sherry casks, before
being finished for four months in a mixture of first-fill and second-fill
French oak casks, which ‘have been used in fermenting the wine that will eventually
become Champagne’.
The majority of Champagne
producers use stainless steel tanks for the primary fermentation of their still
wines, although a small handful of producers, including Krug, Bollinger, Lanson
and Veuve Cliquot, ferment using oak casks which add a creamy, vanilla quality.
Grand Cru is the first
expression in Glenfiddich’s new Grand range, a series of whiskies with ‘a
connecting factor of age’ that will continue with second and third releases in
2020.
The Grand range will
function separately to Glenfiddich’s Experimental Series, its range of
‘innovation’ whiskies that include Glenfiddich IPA Cask, XX, Winter Storm and
Fire and Cane.
Grand Cru is the first
Glenfiddich to be finished in French cuvée casks, and was created to ‘play on
the liquid synonymous with celebration but that brings the substance and
smoothness of single malt to the moment, something that accentuated the floral
side of Glenfiddich’. This expression combines the best of Scotland and the best
of what France has to offer. Marrying the best of both worlds, the final liquid
presents an exceptional finesse and is a special tribute to each individual
cuvée cask the malts were finished in.
Bottled at 40% ABV, the whisky
is said to contain notes of ‘sweet brioche, pear sorbet, white grape and rich
vanilla’. An experiment with maturation time and hand selected 23-year-old
Glenfiddich casks out of their unique collection of old age malts provided the
breakthrough in getting the balance right. The further influence from the oak
of the French cuvée casks added an extra layer of complexity thanks to the
liquid they once held.
Priced at £220,
Glenfiddich Grand Cru is available in the UK for two weeks as a Harrods-only
exclusive, before launching in other specialist retailers and rolling out
across Singapore, America, South Africa, Taiwan, global travel retail and the
Glenfiddich website.
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