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A recent addition to the MacDuff portfolio: Islay Mist Peated Reserve |
MacDuff International will exhibit at the IAADFS Duty Free Show of the Americas in March for the first time. The company is a long-time participant at the TFWA shows in Cannes and Singapore. At this year’s show MacDuff will showcase its leading Scotch whisky brands Islay Mist, Grand Macnish and Lauder’s.
All three brands are available across North and South American domestic and travel retail markets. At the show the brand owner will display recent additions to the ranges including Islay Mist Peated Reserve and Lauder’s Queen Mary.
Islay Mist Peated Reserve was specially created by second generation Master Blender Gilmour Burnett. The line is said to remain faithful to the almost 100 years of tradition of Islay Mist, while maintaining “the brand’s world recognised, signature balance between Islay malt and softer mainland whiskies, but with an extra smokey kick”. The whisky is presented in a premium bottle previously only used for Islay Mist 12 Year Old and Islay Mist 17 Year Old, featuring the 1,000 year-old Great Seal of Islay embossed on the neck.
The company said: “Islay Mist blended Scotch was originally created on the Scottish island of Islay in 1922 to celebrate the 21st birthday of Lord Margadale. It was thought that the local single malt scotch, Laphroaig, might be too heavy for all the guests’ tastes so this unique blend of Laphroaig with Speyside malts and grain whisky was born. What was achieved was a synthesis of the unmistakable notes of peat, smoke and sea air found in Islay malts and the smoother, sweeter hints of Speyside malts.”
Lauder’s Scotch whisky was created in 1834 at the Royal Lochnagar Vaults in Glasgow (still in existence today in the same Sauchiehall Street location, now known as Lauder’s bar), making it one of the oldest blended scotch whiskies in existence. To create Lauder’s Queen Mary, a select number of aged malt and grain whiskies have been chosen by Gilmour Burnett.
Lauder’s Queen Mary celebrates Scotland and Glasgow’s rich past in engineering. Iconic vessels such as the Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth were among the estimated 25,000 vessels built on the river Clyde during its heyday.
For more information, contact MacDuff International Limited Export Sales Director John Scott – john.scott@macduffint.co.uk, +44 141 8838844.
