{"product_id":"glenlossie-12-year-old-2007-smws-single-1st-fill-sauterne-barrique-46-102-creme-de-la-creme-speyside-single-malt-scotch-whisky-2020-70cl","title":"Glenlossie 12 Year Old 2007 SMWS Single 1st Fill Sauterne Barrique 46.102 Crème De La Crème Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky (2020) 70cl","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 28px;\"\u003eGlenlossie 12 Year Old 2007 SMWS Single 1st Fill Sauterne Barrique 46.102 Crème De La Crème Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky (2020) 70cl\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 of 222 bottles produced\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cem\u003eScotch Malt Whisky Society\u003c\/em\u003e was founded in Edinburgh in 1983 by Phillip 'Pip' Hills who, while travelling around Scotland in the 1970s, fell in love with whiskies drawn straight from the cask. After he expanded his syndicate the Society was purchased by Glenmorangie PLC in 2004. In 2015, the Society was sold back to private investors. In June 2021, the private owners floated the holding company The Artisanal Spirits Company plc on the Alternative Investment Market of the London Stock Exchange.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt has a unique code system where the first number refers to the distillery and the second refers to the cask from which the bottle comes. SMWS also offers the largest range of distilleries of any independent bottler. These curiously named drams really do have something for every whisky lover!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe SMWS are one of the Britain's most revered independent bottlers with a worldwide network of partner bars with one mission of getting as much whisky at natural cask strength without water to different nations including USA, Canada, Switzerland, UK, Austria, Germany and many others.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese older labels from the first runs are mostly with distillation methods that include direct heat which was replaced with steam for many distilleries for environmental reasons changing the taste of whisky forever. It'll get real interesting when nuclear fusion is used to distil whisky. We might glow green for a few weeks after we drink the stuff. Who knows.... but all we know is that the old stuff has a musky taste that is VERY welcomed by people nowadays trying to time travel through whisky's past.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 20px;\"\u003eTASTING NOTES\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003carticle\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Panel discovered a polished antique French dresser, replete with face creams and hand lotions. Then sweet noble rot, botrytis, boozy custard, white chocolate and hay lofts. A wonderfully pervasive mustiness and hints of walnut and orange peel. Water brought the richness of clotted cream, crushed hobnob biscuits, vanilla butter and pocket-softened chewy toffee. In the mouth there was an immediate spicy warmth of French oak. Then winter mulling spices, glazed pastries, orange-flecked shortbread, varnished hardwoods and mango coulis. Reductions revealed a vivid fruit salad freshness. Along with notes of frangipani, glace cherries, empire biscuits and peaches with cream. Sweet, thick and luscious. Matured in a bourbon hogshead for 10 years before being transferred to a first fill Sauternes barrique.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 20px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout Glenlossie\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGlenlossie was founded near Elgin in 1876 by John Duff, a former manager at Glendronach, in partnership with a consortium including Alexander Grigor Allan (who would later have a share in Talisker) and HMS Mackay. The restless, entrepreneurial Duff departed in 1888 to seek his fortune in South Africa and, later, the USA.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.thewhiskyexchange.com\/b\/40\/glenlossie-single-malt-scotch-whisky#\" class=\"read-toggle\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1962, Glenlossie's license was transferred to the DCL subsidiary Haig (the blend which accounted for almost the entirety of Glenlossie's malt). At the same time the number of stills was increased from four to six. Less than a decade later, in 1971,a sister distillery, Mannochmore, was constructed on Glenlossie's site and a dark grains plant was also added to convert pot ale and draff from the group's distilleries into animal feed. There is also a bonded warehouse on Glenlossie's land containing over 200,000 maturing casks from various Diageo distilleries.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGiven that Glenlossie was named as one of only twelve 'top class' malts by blenders in 1974, it is perhaps surprising that the distillery is so little-known. The reason, however, is easy to determine - the blender's high regard means that demand for Glenlossie remains extremely high, and as a result less than 1% of the distillery's output is kept back for single malt. The only official bottling of Glenlossie currently available is the 10 yo Flora \u0026amp; Fauna release available since the 1990s. This range is being gradually phased out, however, and it remains to be seen what plans Diageo have for this distinguished, yet obscure, workhorse.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIndependent bottlings of Glenlossie are pretty rare, although Gordon \u0026amp; Macphail have bottled a handful of expressions recently.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e56.1% ABV\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e70cl\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/article\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Glenlossie","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54687025103173,"sku":"000714","price":129.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0941\/9495\/8661\/files\/4840228177.jpg?v=1746548981","url":"https:\/\/b1yyjg-bk.myshopify.com\/products\/glenlossie-12-year-old-2007-smws-single-1st-fill-sauterne-barrique-46-102-creme-de-la-creme-speyside-single-malt-scotch-whisky-2020-70cl","provider":"Whisky Situation Old","version":"1.0","type":"link"}