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Twitter tasting: Glenfiddich Malt Master Brian Kinsman selects the 1978 Vintage Reserve |
UK. Glenfiddich has announced details of its 1978 Vintage Reserve, selected by a global panel, with a nosing and tasting session discussed live on the microblogging site Twitter.
The virtual selection was Glenfiddich Malt Master Brian Kinsman’s inaugural Vintage Reserve selection. After two hours of tweeted discussion, in front of an online audience, cask number 28152 was selected from a shortlist of four American oak hogshead casks, all filled within minutes of each other, from the same batch, on 25 September 1978.
In nosing and tasting samples of the four whiskies, the panel of whisky bloggers from around the world was able to explore first-hand the impact oak has on the maturation process and see for themselves how each cask imbues the whisky with its own character.
“When tasting cask number 28152, all panellists picked up notes of orange marmalade, hints of toffee and vanilla as well as boiled sweets and candied fruit. The cask, which has a current strength of 50%abv, will produce approximately 200 70cl cask-strength bottles,” said Glenfiddich.
“It was truly exciting to be part of such a pioneering process. To have an expert selection panel, based all over the world, meet virtually, in real time, for a nosing and tasting was fantastic,” said Kinsman.
“Tweeting seemed to help people refine their thoughts and impressions of to the key aromas and tastes they picked up on. I’m delighted that cask number 28152 has been selected as the 2010 Vintage Reserve; it is an exceptional single malt with classic Glenfiddich fruit characteristics on the nose,” Kinsman added.
When released later this year, the 1978 Glenfiddich Vintage Reserve will join the award-winning range of Glenfiddich single malt Scotch whiskies which also includes Glenfiddich 12, 15, 18, 21, 30, 40 and 50yo.
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