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The Whisky Exchange has a lot to celebrate!
They’ve just won the Independant Retailer of the Year at The Drinks Business Awards.
And as they like to share the celebrations and it’s the Diamond Jubilee weekend, they’ve got some special offers available on some very nice whiskies including a chance to win a Glenlivet 25 Year Old!
Have a browse but don’t forget: This is a special Diamond Jubilee Offer and is valid for the holiday weekend ONLY – it expires at the end of Tuesday 5th. June.
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Royal Salute Diamond Jubilee Limited Edition
Created in 1953 to mark the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, Royal Salute is this year continuing with tradition by celebrating the Queen’s 60 year reign with the launch of the Royal Salute Diamond Jubilee Limited Edition.
In keeping with the Diamond Jubilee theme, the porcelain flagon is finished with a rich, royal blue glaze. Presented in a hand-crafted display box that elegantly showcases the bottle, Royal Salute Diamond Jubilee will have a strong on-shelf presence in over 20 markets, with innovative retail displays, inspired by the light-reflective qualities of a diamond, highlighting the exceptional quality of the whisky within.
Neil Macdonald, Global Brand Director for Royal Salute, says: “Royal Salute was originally created to mark the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. We are therefore delighted that this Royal Salute Limited Edition will celebrate the Diamond Jubilee – as it is only the second time in history that this milestone has been achieved by a British monarch.”
Royal Salute Diamond Jubilee is a limited edition that will only be available in 2012 during the Jubilee celebrations.
Unfortunately, no tasting notes are available at the present time.
Boo!
Yummy bottle though! 😉
Glen Grant 60 Diamond Jubilee Whisky
Hot on the heels of my blog announcing the release of a very special whisky – matured for 60 years, and bottled in celebration of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee (see below); Master of Malt have just let me know that they now stock it!
Bottled on 2nd February 2012, and distilled on 2nd February 1952, this whisky has matured in a Sherry cask for a full 60 years, making it one of the oldest whiskies ever released for sale. The whisky has been bottled by legendary Scottish Bottlers Gordon and Macphail.
The whisky is packaged in a beautiful handmade decanter, individually numbered (only 85 decanters are available worldwide), and is sure to become a collector’s item almost immediately.
Master of Malt have compiled tasting notes for the whisky, which read as follows:
Nose: Rich malt, an apple-y freshness which belies its age. A good hit of really decent honey is followed on the tail by cinnamon and allspice.
Palate: Initially slightly mineralic – reminiscent of a well-aged Riesling, as the honey from the nose powers through again. The freshness from the nose is still here – an absolutely magnificently juicy dram. Freshly-picked cherries join the apple, but there’s no hint of them having been stewed, these are fresh as a daisy.
Finish: The official tasting notes for this make mention of the fact that this whisky bitters out towards the end. I don’t get that at all. The freshness powers through, bringing still more of that tangy, sweet goodness with it. The spices make themselves more known towards the death, with the Cinnamon and Allspice being joined by just a touch of the Clove.
Overall: An absolutely magnificent whisky. As with previous ‘very well aged’ G&M bottlings, the surprise is how incredibly fresh and juicy it has remained. Were a dram of this presented to ‘her-for-whom-it-was-bottled’, we’d like to think she’d get on with it very well. Kudos, G&M.
You can buy a bottle of Glen Grant 60 Years old Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee (1952-2012) for £7995 here.
