The 4 grasp makers of Spain and Scotland, every on the high of their craft, inherit a time-honoured collaboration between the 2 noble homes of wine and whisky making. The Sherry Version is an expression of the whisky making artistry of this actually particular relationship between The Dalmore and González Byass. The gathering encapsulates their shared pursuit of the right composition.
The Sherry Version story is born on the vine in sun-drenched Andalucia, a story of the best winemaking in a spot whose character is formed by the Easterly Mediterranean breeze and Atlantic winds from the West. Sherry wine is laid down right here to develop its character over time, alive because it serpentines from cask to cask.
Every Sherry cask resides in a powerful bodega, a non secular place with a singular impression of peace, gentle, and house. On their common visits to those hallowed winemaking areas, The Dalmore’s whisky makers pick these casks with the right potential for maturing whisky. Every cask has already lived a lifetime underneath the watchful eye of the winemakers at González Byass, earlier than being chosen for his or her new position as vessels for the best Single Malt Scotch at The Dalmore. The Sherry Version options three whiskies which have loved a cask maturation between them of 80 years drenched in González Byass wines.
The Dalmore distillery’s assortment of idiosyncratic stills creates a New Make spirit of distinctive character and depth – strong and fruity, significantly well-suited to longer and extra advanced maturation. This permits The Dalmore whisky makers to develop spirit over longer intervals, and evokes them to hunt out the best and rarest casks from the world’s biggest vineyards and bodegas. Every of those beautiful casks gives distinctive potential, its traits influencing the character of the Single Malt because it quietly matures over the months, years, and a long time.
This assortment is the primary chapter. In 2024 the second launch in The Dalmore Cask Curation Sequence will shine a lightweight on the affect Port pipes have on the spirit, and rejoice our partnership with a well-known Port wine maker. The third launch arrives in 2025, adopted by the fourth and ultimate launch concluding the collection in 2026. Every launch will rejoice The Dalmore’s unique relationships with the world’s most interesting makers of wine and spirits.
The Dalmore Cask Curation Sequence – The Sherry Version is a narrative of the distinctive potential for whisky maturation provided by uncommon González Byass casks. The Sherry Version, launches 3rd October, and is out there worldwide in choose retailers.
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About Cask Curation Assortment: Sherry Version
26YO Classic Sherry End
Cask energy, pure color and non-chill filtered
“This cask is a real reflection of the pure magnificence, steadiness and allure that The Dalmore gives. A one-off expression that radiates with a myriad of unique flavour experiences with sensory evolutions distinctive to and inside our home type. It’s an expression of our cask curation at its most interesting” Gregg Glass, Grasp Whisky Maker
The 26 12 months Previous Classic Sherry End is matured in American white oak ex-Bourbon casks and completed in Cask #4 – a 2002 Classic Sherry Cask
26YO / 1996 / ABV 48.2%
THE AROMA
Orange blossom honey, apricot, Madagascan vanilla, and cacao
ON THE PALATE
Golden raisins, mandarin citrus, iced cherry cake, and sugared almonds
FINISHING NOTES
Recent baked brioche, gentle roasted espresso, crystalised ginger, and heat vanilla
28YO Matusalem End
Cask energy, pure color and non-chill filtered
“A melody of flavours introduced collectively in pure concord by the traditional affect of our famend 30 Years Previous Matusalem Oloroso Sherry butts – the result’s a treasure chest of pure liquid gold.” Richard Paterson OBE, Grasp Blender
The 28 12 months Previous Matusalem End Matured in American white oak ex-Bourbon casks and completed in Cask #73 -a very uncommon 30 12 months previous Matusalem Sherry Cask
28YO / 1994 / ABV 55.3%
THE AROMA
Wealthy darkish fruits, Manuka honey, liquorice, candy tobacco, and star fruit
ON THE PALATE
Vintage Sherry-soaked raisins, Previous English marmalade, marzipan, and liquorice
FINISHING NOTES
Waves of darkish cherries, molasses, darkish chocolate, and cassia bark
43YO Apostoles End
Cask energy, pure color and non-chill filtered
“The Dalmore 43 12 months Previous is a timeless traditional. This noble spirit was nurtured and completed over a few years, creating an unsurpassed journey of pure allure and class.”
Richard Paterson & Gregg Glass
The 43 YO Apostoles End is matured in American white oak ex-Bourbon casks and completed in Cask #1 – a really uncommon 30 12 months Previous Apostoles Sherry Cask
43YO / 1979 / ABV 46.8%
THE AROMA
Heat honey, roasted chestnuts, sun-kissed raisins, and Seville orange
ON THE PALATE
Candy Madagascan vanilla, darkish forest fruits, crushed almonds, and darkish chocolate
FINISHING NOTES
Recent baked brioche, grilled pineapple, and blood orange with a protracted candy cinnamon end
Pricing (per set)
| $37,500 | £30,000 | €35,500 |
About The Dalmore:
Based in 1839 on the banks of the Cromarty Firth within the Scottish Highlands, the Dalmore has been making masterpieces of whisky for over 180 years.
The 12-point silver stag which proudly adorns every bottle was bestowed upon the primary chieftain of Clan Mackenzie in 1263 by King Alexander III of Scotland. The stag turned the whisky’s emblem when descendants of the clan took over the distillery in 1878.
The Dalmore distillery’s assortment of idiosyncratic stills creates a New Make spirit of distinctive character and depth – strong and fruity, significantly well-suited to longer and extra advanced maturation. This permits famend Grasp Whisky Maker Gregg Glass and his crew to develop spirit over longer intervals, persevering with a convention of visionary whisky-making as they absolutely categorical their artwork utilizing uncommon casks from a number of the world’s most interesting wineries and bodegas.
About González Byass:
It was 1835 when a youthful Manuel María González Ángel launched into a protracted profession on the planet of wine. Custom, innovation, sustainability, and the seek for excellence are his legacy.
The younger entrepreneur Manuel María González began his profession on the planet of a wine as a dealer, working with Juan Bautista Dubosc and Francisco Gutiérrez de Agüera. Nevertheless, his firm grew efficiently so rapidly that he quickly deemed it essential to turn into concerned in manufacturing too. He did so with the assistance of his maternal uncle, José Ángel, nicknamed ‘Tio Pepe’, who taught him every thing he knew. He named the very first solera “Tío Pepe’s Solera” in his honour. This was the origin of the world’s most well-known Fino, which in 1854, simply 20 years later, turned one of many main gamers in and first exporter of Sherry, a privileged place that it might hold for a very long time.
The primary bottles of Tío Pepe have been despatched to the UK on the recommendation of Robert Blake Byass, the corporate’s agent in England, to whom Manuel María despatched a letter with the advice of promoting an “exceptionally pale” wine. The profitable uptake of the wine led the 2 businessmen to kind a partnership to advertise exports, and the González Byass identify was born.
This era noticed the development of La Constancia vineyard, the primary vineyard in Jerez, which has been adopted by the acquisition of others, each in Spain and internationally. As we speak, the fifth technology of nonetheless run it as a household enterprise and unfold their ardour for wine to greater than 100 international locations all around the world.
At González Byass we now have stayed true to our roots while additionally transferring ahead to supply the very best wines and spirits all around the world. This dedication has seen us develop to 14 wineries in Spain, Chile, and Mexico, in addition to producing a spread of distinguished spirits.
Lately we now have bought Veramonte in Chile, Pedro Domecq in Mexico, and our newest acquisition, Dominio Fournier, within the coronary heart of the Ribera del Duero. Over this era we now have elevated the spirits household by the creation of our premium gin ranges, The London Nº 1 and MOM, and Nomad, our whisky made and aged in Scotland and completed in Jerez.
