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Whisky connoisseurs
from one of the UK’s largest and most
prestigious whisky events, The Whisky
Show in London, have named Glengoyne 40
Year Old Highland Single Malt Scotch
Whisky as the Ultra Premium Dram of
2010.
Competing against the Glengoyne 40 year
old at The Whisky Show was over 20
luxury whiskies that are currently
available in the global marketplace
retailing from a minimum of £300,
including:
- Balvenie 30 year old and Tun
1401
- BenRiach 30 year old
- Brora 30 year old
- Bruichladdich DNA and 1977
- Dalmore 40 year old
- Glen Grant 1948 (Gordon &
MacPhail)
- Glen Grant 1954 (Macleods)
- GlenDronach Grandeur 31 year old
- Glenfarclas 40 year old
Millennium Edition
- Glenfiddich 40 year old
- Glenglassaugh 30 year old
- Glenlivet Cellar Collection 1959
& 1964
- Isle of Skye 50 year old
- Johnnie Walker King George V
- Old Pulteney 30 year old
- Port Ellen 1978 31 year old 10th
Release
- Whyte & Mackay 40 year old
The Glengoyne 40 Year Old was selected
as the pinnacle dram that best captured
the distiller’s art.
A combined vote from visitor sampling
and nomination for their preferred Ultra
Premium whisky and a final tasting by
Event Director Graeme Wallace and The
Whisky Exchange proprietor Sukhinder
Singh, Glengoyne was declared the
ultimate winner of the ultimate whisky
award. Praised for its “sweet, complex”
and “oily texture”, it was noted that
this Single Malt had remained “superbly
balanced” and velvety smooth, without
being overpowered by its 40 years of
contact with the cask.
Graeme Wallace, Event Director
commented: "To evaluate and settle on
which expression was the best of the
very best is always going to be
extremely hard, with every Ultra Premium
Dram being of the highest magnitude,
reflecting the finest whisky available
today."
"For a whisky to top this category and
win the Ultra Premium Dram Award is no
easy achievement and should in no way
reflect negatively on the runners up. It
was a very close call but Glengoyne 40
Year Old was a very worthy winner."
Iain Weir, Marketing Director for Ian
Macleod Distillers commented: "We are
thrilled with this result. It is
testament to the Glengoyne team’s
craftsmanship and skill that the 40 Year
Old has succeeded in winning this very
prestigious title against such a high
calibre of entrants."
"The 40 Year Old Single Malt captures
the pure essence of Glengoyne and its
exceptional, un-peated ‘Real Taste of
Malt’. It is a joy to open the highest
quality sherry casks after four decades
and find such great balance between malt
and Still. It doesn’t get any better
than this."
Owned by the Scottish, independent,
family owned company Ian Macleod
Distillers Ltd, Glengoyne distillery has
been producing whisky from the heart of
the Trossachs for over 175 years. With a
highly selective cask policy, Glengoyne
is also distilled slower than any other
single malt Scotch whisky. Using
air-dried malted barley, rather than
pungent peat smoke, the distillery
nurses the spirit through its stills at
around one-third of the normal rate.
This creates a more subtle, complex
whisky in which all of the delicate
flavours are freely allowed to express
themselves.
Only 250 bottles of the limited edition
Glengoyne 40 Years Old have been
produced, retailing domestically for
£3,750, this luxury whisky is presented
in a hand-blown bespoke crystal decanter
and stitched leather and solid oak
presentation box of the highest quality.
Glengoyne 40 Year Old has been described
by Michel Roux Jnr, as “simply
sensational", with the two star Michelin
chef commenting on the “complexity in
the flavours that linger in the mouth.
There's a strong richness in both the
colour and in the flavours. It has a
long, dry finish.”
The Whisky Show is an annual premium
consumer whisky tasting even that takes
place in London at the end of October.
For more details visit
www.thewhiskyshow.com
Glengoyne 40 Year Old is currently available to
buy at specialist whisky shop
The Whisky Exchange for £3,5239
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