The brand new web site will carbon impartial in distillation from inception in step with Chivas Brothers’ objective to be carbon impartial in distillation throughout all websites by the tip of 2026.
As soon as operational, its manufacturing will give attention to Islay single malt, celebrating the area’s distinctly smoky and peated profile. It can mark the primary introduction of an Islay whisky to its Scotch portfolio which incorporates The Glenlivet, Royal Salute, Chivas Regal and Ballantine’s.
“This is a vital new chapter within the Chivas Brothers story,” stated Jean-Etienne Gourgues chairman and chief government at Chivas Brothers.
“The introduction of an Islay whisky completes our complete and award-winning Scotch portfolio. As a enterprise constructed on a whole lot of years of heritage, it additionally provides us the chance to do one thing we hardly ever do, which is to begin from scratch.
“Right here on Islay, we are able to create a blueprint for carbon impartial distilling and proceed to usher on this period of sustainable Scotch. We’re dedicated to Scotch, to the Islay neighborhood and the panorama that makes it the right place to proceed our imaginative and prescient to form the way forward for whisky.”
