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21st February 2019 |
Cotswolds
Lord Mayor’s Reserve is a new limited
edition which has been released to help
raise money for Lord Mayor’s Appeal
charity, a charity that aims to
make London a more inclusive city.
 The Cotswolds Distillery has
announced the release of the
Cotswolds Lord Mayor’s Reserve, a new
limited edition single malt whisky which
they are releasing in aid of the Lord
Mayor’s Appeal – a charity that aims to
make London a more inclusive city.
Cotswolds Lord Mayor’s Reserve is a
limited release of 691 bottles, a number
which pays homage to the 691st Lord
Mayor, Peter Estlin, who is a keen
whisky fan and part owner of the
Cotswolds Distillery. To create this
special bottling several of Peter's
personal casks have been blended with
the first ever release of a sherry
cask-aged whisky.
Cotswolds Lord Mayor’s Reserve is a
combination of three different casks,
first-fill American bourbon and American
Oak red wine barrique casks
from the Lord Mayor’s private reserve
and a ex-Pedro Ximenez Sherry butt. The
new-make spirit was filled to cask at
63.5% ABV in the Lord Mayor’s ex-bourbon
casks and shaved, toasted and re-charred
American oak red wine barrique. During
this time they also filled a 500 litre
ex-Pedro Ximenez Sherry butt with
new-make spirit, which was left to age
for 3.5 years.
These three casks were blended in
roughly equal measures and then re-casked
for an additional month. Cotswolds tell
me that the addition of the sherry cask
has added a different layer of spice and
fruit to the flagship single malt you
may already be familiar with.
Daniel Szor, Founder of the Cotswolds
Distillery, said: "We’re really proud to
make such a fine whisky for such a
worthy cause on behalf of a prestigious
distillery family member. We began
making this release the same way as our
flagship single malt but have been able
to experiment and create a distinctive
blend that we hope will help the Lord
Mayor’s Appeal."
The special limited release bottling has
been bottled at 46% ABV, non-chill
filtered and naturally coloured and has
an RRP of £64 with part of the proceeds
of each sale going to the Lord Mayor's
Appeal and you will find it exclusively
available from the Cotswolds distillery
website.
If you haven't yet tried it,
you will also find the still relatively
new Cotswolds Single
Malt and Founders Choice whiskies
available from specialist online whisky
retailers such as
The Whisky Exchange and
Master of
Malt
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Cotswolds Lord Mayor’s Reserve Review
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Bottled
at 46% ABV, non
chill-filtered and naturally coloured.
Producer's Tasting Notes:
Nose:
Cooked apple, caramel, a hint of wood
char and digestive biscuit.
Taste:
Seville orange, warming cinnamon notes,
hazelnut and barley sugar.
Finish:
Dry and nutty, with lingering oak spice.
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