Single Malt 125th Anniversary Edition
⏳ Drikkevindue
As a premium distilled single malt Scotch whisky, this bottling is fully matured and does not age further in the glass. It is ready to be enjoyed immediately upon release and will remain in peak condition indefinitely if stored upright, sealed, and away from direct sunlight.
🍽️ Mad & Vin-match
Rich blue cheeses such as Stilton, smoked wild game meats, or premium dark chocolate desserts.
✨ Tekniske specifikationer
Released in 2012 to commemorate 125 years since founder William Grant first ran spirit from the copper stills on Christmas Day in 1887, the Glenfiddich 125th Anniversary Edition is a liquid monument to Speyside history. Malt Master Brian Kinsman crafted this unique expression to replicate the historical style of Glenfiddich's early days. Unlike the distillery's modern, fruit-forward unpeated style, this release incorporates a unusually high proportion of peated malt, mirroring the 19th-century Speyside practice of using local peat for kilning due to coal scarcity. Matured in a combination of Spanish Sherry butts and American oak bourbon casks, it delivers a complex marriage of rich dried fruits, vanilla, and oak spices, all enveloped in a gentle, warming cloak of peat smoke that harks back to the Victorian era.
🍾 Om vinhuset / producenten
Glenfiddich Distillery blev grundlagt i 1886 af William Grant og opført ved håndkraft med hjælp fra hans familie. Destilleriet ligger i hjertet af Dufftown i Skotlands berømte Speyside-region og er den dag i dag stadig uafhængigt ejet af William Grant & Sons. I 1963 skrev destilleriet historie ved at bane vejen for single malt whisky på det internationale marked, der hidtil havde været domineret af traditionelle blends. Glenfiddich fremstiller sin whisky på det krystalklare kildevand fra de nærliggende Robbie Dhu-kilder, destillerer på karakteristiske svanehalsformede kobberkedler og råder over eget bødkeri for at have fuld kontrol over modningen på førsteklasses amerikanske og europæiske egetræsfade. Destilleriet er verdenskendt for sin ikoniske trekantede flaske og skaber en anmelderrost portefølje af single malts, der er kendetegnet ved destilleriets signaturnoter af frugthave, sprøde grønne pærer, fine florale nuancer samt en bemærkelsesværdig dybde i de sjældne årgangsaftapninger.