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Fit for a king: The Chieftain’s Cigar Malt Limited Edition Collection is carefully selected by an expert panel of nosers, tasters and smokers |
UK. Ian Macleod Distillers has launched the fifth edition of its Chieftain’s Cigar Malt Limited Edition Collection, selected by a panel of whisky and cigar experts.
According to the company, the collection’s hallmark is that “each bottling must be fit for a King, a Leader or in the Celtic world, a Chieftain.”
Ian Macleod Distillers Marketing Director Iain Weir said: “The latest collection of Chieftain Cigar Malts is definitely fit for a king. Due to the overall quality of over ten different potential single cask Cigar Malts we sampled, we decided for the first time this year to bottle four Cigar Malts – a Classic, a Robusto and a Mild for worldwide sale and a 75cl Château La Nerthe Finish for the US and South Africa only.”
Since 1936, Ian Macleod Distillers has amassed a cask stock from Scotland’s many distilleries, ranging from classic 10yo and 20yo to 50yo vintages. A limited number of rare single casks is selected by the panel to bottle as part of the Chieftain’s Cigar Malt collection.
Tasting notes: Fifth Edition Chieftain’s Cigar Malts
Chieftain’s Cigar Malt Robusto
Region: Islay
Wood Type: Hogshead
Cask No: 3337
Strength: 55.1%
No of Bottles: 270
Distilled: 4 July 1997
Bottled: September 2007
Natural colour, unchill-filtered
Chieftain’s Cigar Malt Mild
Region: Highland
Wood Type: Madeira Finish
Cask No: 90521
Strength: 54.9%
No of Bottles: 372
Distilled: 19 February 1996
Bottled: September 2007
Natural colour, unchill-filtered
Chieftain’s Cigar Malt 2007 Classic
Region: Highland
Wood Type: Château La Nerthe Finish
Cask No: 90931/90932
Strength: 54.4%
No of Bottles: 618
Distilled: 7 April 1994
Bottled: September 2007
Natural colour, unchill-filtered
The Cigar Malt (US and South Africa only)
Region: Speyside
Wood Type: Château La Nerthe Finish
Cask No: 90951/90952
Strength: 53.5%
No of Bottles: 293
Distilled: 9 August 1995
Bottled: 19 July 2007
Natural colour, unchill-filtered
For details, contact Iain Weir, Marketing Director, Ian Macleod Distillers Ltd, tel: +44 1506 852205 or e-mail: iain@ianmacleod.com. Visit www.ianmacleod.com
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