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18th January 2022 |
Glenfiddich
21 Year Old Chinese New Year 2022 the
final release in Glenfiddich's
special edition Chinese New Year trilogy
designed by Chinese artist Rlon Wang.
 Glenfiddich
is inviting drinkers to toast to a
future of good fortune with its final
release in a trilogy of special edition
Chinese New Year gift packs designed by Chinese artist Rlon Wang.
The final release in the trilogy is the
Glenfiddich Gran Reserva 21 Year Old
Chinese New Year 2022 single malt gift pack
which was created by
Shenzhen-based artist Rlon Wang
exclusively for travel retail which has
been bottled at 43.2% ABV and presented
in a 70cl bottle, there is also
Glenfiddich Gran Reserva 21 Year Old
Chinese New Year 2022 bottling for the
domestic market which has been bottled
at 40% ABV.
The whisky you will find in the bottle
is a collision of Scotland and the
Caribbean, it has been created using casks that once
contained premium Caribbean rum, the
Glenfiddich 21 Year Old spends a further
four months finishing in Gran Reserva
barrels which are hand selected by
Glenfiddich Malt Master, Brian
Kinsman, thus giving this expression its
name, the Glenfiddich Gran Reserva 21
Year Old.
The final release in the Rlon
Wang-designed series trilogy was released into the travel retail market
in December in plenty of time for
Chinese New Year (which falls between 31
January to 15 February 2022), and is
said to embrace the occasion in
celestial style.
The 2022 limited edition bottle
completes a trilogy of thought-provoking
stories told in the design of the
limited-edition gift packs. The story
began with Charles Gordon (son-in-law of
Glenfiddich founder William Grant) and
his epic journey to bring the Speyside
Scotch whisky to the world. The
following year saw the magnificent
telling of the ‘Great Homecoming’, where
the Glenfiddich Stag honours his
triumphant return home with magical and
wonderous stories to share.
Translated as ‘Fu Lu’ in Mandarin, the
iconic Stag perfectly encapsulates the
sentiments of wealth, prosperity and
longevity for this hopeful time of year
and the concluding and grand finale is
an awe-inspiring imagining of what we
ask when we finally reach home after any
great adventure – where next?
Artist Rlon Wang says of the
partnership: "I greatly enjoyed working
with Glenfiddich for this final design;
I was able to use a technique of
multi-layered illustrations to put
people’s brightest hopes and dreams on a
canvas. I gave the design an
otherworldly feel with the use of
traditional symbols in futuristic forms.
We see old friends - Glenfiddich’s Royal
Stag and the traditional dancing Chinese
lion - ascending to the stars with a
bright galaxy in front of them;
auspicious lanterns, lotus flowers and a
soaring phoenix guide them into a
vibrant world full of galactic
proportions. Zero-gravity allows them to
reach new heights, representing a
boundless future that awaits."
The final Chinese New Year design by
Rlong Wang is now
available in luxury whisky travel retail
outlets in selected airports in
Asia-Pacific (China, Taiwan, South-East
Asia, Australia), EMEA and the US.
The domestic Glenfiddich Gran Reserva 21
Year Old Chinese New Year 2022 liquid
bottled at
40% ABV is priced around £165 and is now available from
specialist online whisky retailers such
as
The Whisky Exchange and
Master of
Malt
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Glenfiddich 21 Year Old Chinese New Year 2022 Review
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Producer's Tasting Notes:
Nose:
Intense and vanilla sweet. Floral hints
of banana, figs, rich toffee, new
leather and oak.
Taste:
Initially soft, then brisk, vibrant and
drying, peppery, a touch of smoke, oak,
lime, ginger and spices.
Finish:
Very long, warming, dry and spicy.
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