LITTLEMILL UNVEILS NEW ECHOES OF THE PAST COLLECTION OF RARE WHISKIES WITH RELEASE OF FIRST EDITION
Scotland’s oldest licensed distillery, Littlemill has revealed the opening launch in a exceptional new assortment of uncommon single malt Scotch whiskies, showcasing among the closing chapters from the misplaced distillery.
Littlemill Echoes of the Previous Launch Quantity One is an distinctive 34-year-old single malt which marks the inaugural expression in a brand new four-part annual sequence, providing whisky connoisseurs and collectors the possibility to expertise the evolving maturation of a single Littlemill cask over time.
To create the gathering, the ultimate custodians of Littlemill will draw simply 50 bottles of valuable spirit annually from a single maturing Oloroso sherry cask for 4 consecutive years. The remaining spirit will likely be left to age additional, deepening in flavour and complexity, with every subsequent launch revealing the growing journey of this cask because the spirit attracts much more character from its Oloroso ending.
The cask chosen for Echoes of the Previous was distilled in 1990, throughout Littlemill’s closing manufacturing years, initially laid down in a refill American oak hogshead for 25 years, earlier than being recasked right into a single Oloroso sherry barrel in 2015.
Littlemill’s closing guardian, Grasp Blender Michael Henry chosen the optimum second to bottle the primary launch, leading to an distinctive 34-year-old single malt which shows the right concord of Littlemill’s distinctive summertime fruit character with traditional candy floral spice and sherried notes.
This terribly uncommon echo of the previous brings floral notes of rose petals and elderflower with dried apricot, kiwi and peach to the nostril, a silk-like mouthfeel of melted brown sugar, honeysuckle and ginger spice with citrus peel on the palate, ending with lengthy layers of candy citrus fruits.
Littlemill Echoes of the Previous Launch Quantity One is offered in a gorgeous strong oak show cupboard which options expertly curved, elegant aspects, making it a hanging addition to any assortment. Inside, a stone inside adorned with a message from Michael Henry is revealed, paying tribute to Littlemill’s legacy because the cornerstone of the whisky trade.
The whisky is encased inside an individually numbered Glencairn decanter with intricate engraving depicting the small print of the one malt. Every cupboard additionally homes a 50ml miniature and a certificates of possession so the very lucky few recipients of this distinctive single malt can expertise a style of Littlemill’s previous.
Based in 1772 in Bowling, West Dunbartonshire, Littlemill was on the forefront of innovation for its time. It closed in 1994, earlier than being misplaced to a hearth in 2004. Since then, Grasp Blender, Michael Henry has held guardianship of the final remaining casks.
Michael Henry, Grasp Blender at Loch Lomond Group, proprietor of Littlemill, stated: “Every sip of Littlemill presents a exceptional alternative to expertise a style of the distillery’s historical past and opens a window to its extraordinary previous. The Echoes of the Previous Assortment affords a brand new and distinctive alternative for whisky connoisseurs to take a special type of journey again to the ultimate years of the distillery’s manufacturing, permitting them to expertise an Oloroso ending on a Littlemill malt at totally different ages.
“Although Littlemill distillery is misplaced to historical past, this cask carries its legacy ahead, evolving with time. To witness its persevering with journey of maturation and flavour over 4 releases is to glimpse a previous that also lives on.
“Littlemill Echoes of the Previous Launch Quantity One is a 34-year-old single malt which has rewarded us with the invention of a brand new flavour dimension that enhances the distillery’s character, leading to a splendidly candy, citrus and softly spicy dram.”
Nick Bradley, Status Portfolio Supervisor at Loch Lomond Group, proprietor of Littlemill, added:
“Extremely, Littlemill’s story started again in 1772 as Scotland’s first licensed distillery, however with such finite and restricted reserves remaining in the present day, releasing a cask akin to Echoes of the Previous marks a particular second within the distillery’s historical past.
“Every Littlemill cask supplies a snapshot of historical past and when contemplating the creation of this assortment, we wished to supply travellers a particular alternative to expertise these moments in time. This distinctive launch affords the possibility to observe a uncommon Littlemill cask on the ultimate years of its journey. Like an echo, it adjustments with each repetition, ultimately disappearing altogether.
“Littlemill Echoes of the Previous Launch Quantity One showcases the fantastic thing about this single malt, which with the best cask administration, in addition to persistence and time, has allowed this beautiful cask the possibility to succeed in its full potential. It’s a testomony to Michael Henry, who via his distinctive craftsmanship and unrivalled data and understanding of the character of the spirit, has honed it into one thing actually exceptional in the present day.”
Launched solely for choose journey retail areas around the globe, Littlemill Echoes of the Previous Launch Quantity One was bottled at a cask power of 48.5% and is pure in color. Every individually numbered decanter has an RRP of £3,900. For help on the place to buy enquire by way of www.littlemilldistillery.com.
Tasting Notes
- Nostril: Floral rose petals, elderflower, dried apricot, kiwi and peach.
- Palate: Silklike mouthfeel, melted brown sugar, honeysuckle, vanilla fudge, lime juice, cinnamon and ginger spice with citrus peel.
- End: Lengthy with candy vanilla, grapefruit and caramelised sugar, dried fruit and citrus.
About Littlemill
The Littlemill distillery was established in 1772 on the location of an outdated brewery that had been based in the course of the 14th century in Bowling on the banks of the River Clyde close to Glasgow.
It’s rumoured that illicit distilling had taken place there since 1750 when the location was purchased by George Buchanan, a malt grasp, and in keeping with the famend whisky historian and author Misako Udo in her ebook ‘The Scotch Whisky Distilleries’, distilling could have taken place there for hundreds of years earlier than.
After one yr, on the 2nd of November 1773, native magistrate information for Dumbarton present that ‘Robert Muir of Littlemiln’, an worker, was granted the first-ever license by the Authorities of King George III to “…retail ale, beer and different excisable Liquors”, thus making Littlemill Scotland’s first and oldest licensed distillery.
In 1931 Littlemill led whisky nonetheless innovation whereby its progressive design may create three types of spirit below the stewardship of the American Duncan Thomas, together with the sunshine fruit-forward triple-distilled character Littlemill is most recognized for in the present day. It was these stills that impressed the stills that stay in place at Loch Lomond Distillery in the present day.
Littlemill fell into perpetual silence in 1994 after which the distillery was destroyed by hearth in 2004. The remaining casks have since been below the care of Loch Lomond Distillery, saved only a brief distance from the place the unique distillery as soon as stood. In 2015 Loch Lomond Group launched a restricted variety of its Littlemill Non-public Cellar Version. Since then, a mere handful of bottles have been launched yearly, which have change into wanted by collectors and whisky fanatics around the globe.
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