Golden Decanters Debuts With Expensive Scotch Whisky Offerings For Collectors

The world of whisky collectors and investors has an ever increasing array of bottlings available to them these days. The latest of these offerings now heralds from Golden Decanters, so called “independent curators of exceptional and distinctive single cask whisky.” What’s been offered up for the first go around are 180 sets of very limited whiskies, one each in a set from specific distilleries in the Speyside, Islay, Highlands and Lowlands whisky regions of Scotland.

Golden Decanters, run by Julia Hall Mackenzie-Gillanders and Ann Medlock, is said to be “diverse in age, flavour and hue, taken from four of the finest casks of single malt Scotch whisky.” In order to get at said casks for the final selections the team conducted “extensive sourcing and tasting of single cask whiskies over a two-year period” before reaching their final selections. Age is noted to be less of a concern with these bottlings, as rather each bottle “combines exceptional taste from four different Scottish regions with a striking and elegant design.”

So what specifically is in the collection? Here you go:

• The Tight Line (34 Year Old, 41.8%) from the Glenlivet distillery in the River Spey Valley, famous for its fishing.
• The High Drive (26 Year Old, 46.8%) from the Bowmore distillery in the Isle of Islay, an area with a long history of stalking and shooting.
• The Golf Widow (22 Year Old, 59.8%) from the Auchentoshan distillery in the golfing country of the Scottish Lowlands.
• The Highlander (19 Year Old, 55.5%) from the Ben Nevis distillery in the Scottish Highlands, the home of Highland cattle.

All total these four bottles per set, each presented in special boxes, will set you back £7,250, or a little over $8,800 USD. They are available through a limited number of retailers and directly from the independent bottler as well.

“Our two year journey has taken us across Scotland, tasting hundreds of the best single malt whiskies,” said Medlock in a prepared statement. “As independent curators we were able to select the finest casks from each distillery, basing our decisions on what tasted exceptional. Not just our own taste, but also that of industry experts to corroborate the selection.”

“Once the whiskies were selected we commissioned iconic Scottish designers Timorous Beasties to design the etched bottles and carved oak presentation boxes, creating works of art, both inside and out,” added Mackenzie-Gillanders. “The result is a collection of four single cask whiskies that looks and tastes spectacular. This is proving extremely attractive to collectors and investors around the world, with pre sales already accounting for nearly 10 per cent of this first release.”