The Loch
Lomond are set to release their oldest
and rarest expression to date, a limited
edition Loch Lomond 50 Year Old
described as brimming with rich oak
spice and tropical fruit.
The
Loch Lomond distillery have just joined
the elite 50 years plus whisky club with
the announcement that they are set to
release their oldest and rarest
expression to date, a limited edition
Loch Lomond 50 Year Old.
The rare Loch Lomond 50 Year Old was
distilled back in the early days of the
distillery, 1967, which was only one
year since production commenced at the
distillery.
Loch Lomond tell me that the whisky was
produced in their remarkable straight
neck stills, a rather unique style of
still which can produce whiskies of
different weights because of the
rectifying columns in the still head.
Today the rather unique "Lomond" style
copper pot stills are used to produce
the companies Inchmurrin single malt
whisky brand and interestingly if you
watch closely in the video above the
barrel the Loch Lomond 50 year old 1967
came from is stamped "Inchmurrin" but
the whisky has been bottled under the
Loch Lomond name.
The whisky was matured in a American oak
hogshead barrel for 31 years then spent
a further 19 years in a European oak
hogshead barrel. After 50 long years of
the angels having their share, only
enough whisky to fill 60 bottles
remained which have been bottled at
46.2% ABV, Loch Lomond tell me that it
is "brimming with rich oak spice and
tropical fruit, naturally deep amber in
colour with beautiful clarity".
As you would expect for such a rare
whisky it is presented in premium
packaging, the whisky is encased in a
hand-blown Glencairn crystal decanter
which is contained within a bespoke
chest created by ‘architects of
objects’, Method Studio in Scotland who
drew inspiration from the drama, romance
and kinetic energy of Loch Lomond itself
to create ‘The Tempest Chest.’
Hand-shaped in solid oak, leather lined
and indigo-dyed until almost black in
colour, the tactile, sculpted surface of
each individually numbered chest is
suggestive of water at twilight, with
only a solid brass key visible from the
exterior, mysteriously emerging from the
surface to build intrigue. Inside, the
bottle of Loch Lomond 50 Year Old rests
carefully upon sculpted oak waves,
alongside not an ordinary whisky
miniature, but a solid turned brass
vial, lined in glass and reminiscent of
the straight neck pot still.
Loch Lomond Master Blender, Michael
Henry who crafted the Loch Lomond 50
Year Old said: "The expectations are
high when you are working with a whisky
as special and scarce as this and it
came with great responsibility, but
selecting and perfecting this single
malt was a true honour. Our stills are
synonymous with the fruity notes they
give to the whisky. The Loch Lomond 50
Year Old has been granted the time to
truly concentrate that character,
resulting in a rich, tropical fruit
flavour."
The Loch Lomond 50 Year Old has a RRP of
£12,000 and will be available from
December 2017 from
specialist online whisky shops such as
Master of
Malt
and
The Whisky Exchange
Loch Lomond 50 Year Old Review
Producer's Tasting Notes:
Nose: Heady oak spice of clove
and cinnamon with sweeter notes of
sultanas and raisins with creamy vanilla
fudge.
Taste: Silky mouthfeel rolls over
the tongue. Intense vibrant tropical
fruit, fresh pineapple and ripe banana
with a honey sweetness.
Finish: Warming stem ginger,
bursts of gooseberry and elderflower and
waves of tangy grapefruit citrus.
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