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Lauder’s Queen Mary celebrates Scotland’s shipbuilding history |
MacDuff International is to launch the latest addition to its Lauder’s range of blended Scotch whiskies – Lauder’s Queen Mary – at the TFWA World Exhibition in Cannes (Stand number: Green Village, L56).
The spirit celebrates Scotland and Glasgow’s proud engineering past and specifically its heritage as the birthplace of iconic ships such as the Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth.
With around 25,000 ships built on the city’s River Clyde during its heyday, MacDuff pointed out that many of these vessels would have helped to spread the popularity of Scotch whisky.
To create Lauder’s Queen Mary, Master Blender Gilmour Burnett combined a select number of aged malt and grain whiskies to create what is said to be a smooth but full-bodied blend with hints of sherry.
MacDuff Managing Director David Sloan said: “MacDuff International is quite unusual nowadays in that we work in much the same, traditional way that many of the old Glasgow blenders, such as Archibald Lauder, did 150 years ago, sourcing the best available malts and grain, and using the expertise of our master blender to create something unique.”
“Lauder’s Queen Mary is a true celebration of the art of blending”.
Lauder’s Scotch whisky was created in 1834 at the Royal Lochnagar Vaults in Glasgow, which is still in existence today in the same Sauchiehall Street location, now known as “˜Lauder’s’ bar. It claims to be one of the oldest blended scotch whiskies in existence.
Customers will be able to see and order the new blend for the first time in Cannes. For more information, contact MacDuff International Limited Export Sales Director John Scott – john.scott@macduffint.co.uk, +44 141 8838844.
