A Scottish distillery behind a famous malt has launched a new limited edition expression.
It hailed the bottling of a 12 year old blended malt finished in Calvados casks from the renowned Domaine Dupont, a family producer with a history dating back to 1887.
Mossburn Distillers & Blenders Ltd said the expression “builds on the success of the first Cask Collaboration Series that launched in 2023 with Mossburn Foursquare”.
Mossburn and Domaine Dupont have worked together for several decades but this is the first time a collaborative bottle has been produced.
The spirit started life as a classic expression of Speyside Malt Whisky, first aged for more than 12 years in ex-bourbon casks before re-aging in French oak barrels that previously held Calvados and Pommeau.
Domaine Dupont is in Normandy, France, and is famous for making Calvados, a type of apple brandy, for which it is world-famous and highly decorated. The distillery can be traced back as far as 1887 as a farm and cider house before a focus on Calvados began in the 1980s.
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Neil Macleod Mathieson, whiskymaker, said: “When looking at collaborative efforts, one likes to turn to one’s oldest friends. Having worked with the Dupont family for 30 years and admired the deft touch with which they introduce oak to their Calvados, I was sure this would allow us to use their locally coopered casks to great effect on a Speyside malt finish, emphasising its typical heathery and floral notes. Even before casking, we were imagining Autumn days and spiced baked apples - what a treat.”
This release is the second in the annual Cask Collaboration Series for Mossburn Distillers & Blenders, that will see Mossburn blend and finish a different Scotch each year in a special cask finish using barrels sourced from a distinctive world-renowned distillery across different spirit categories. Mossburn is also behind Torabhaig Single Malt.
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