Here’s a round-up of the new launches from spirits brand owners in the week commencing 4 July.
Pernod Ricard’s Secret Speyside GTR-exclusive single cask single malts
- Single malt Scotch whiskies
- Available this Summer in the Global Travel Retail channel only
- Caperdonich Peated 1996 – exclusive to Heinemann, Frankfurt. SRP of US$1,050 per bottle
- Caperdonich Unpeated 1996 – Dufry, Heathrow. $1,050
- Braes of Glenlivet 1992 – Dubai Duty Free. $990
- Glen Keith 1998 – CDFG, Shanghai. $450
- Glen Keith 1994 – Lagardère, Hong Kong. $760
- Longmorn 1998 – Lotte, Singapore. $480
- Longmorn 1995 – Everrich, Taiwan. $800
William Grant & Sons’ The Balvenie The Week of Peat Aged 19 Years
- Single malt Scotch whisky, 19 years old, 48.3% ABV
- Available from this week exclusively in the Global Travel Retail channel
- SRP not immediately available, available in limited numbers
Brown-Forman’s Old Forester Whiskey Row Fire
- Bourbon, Kentucky, 50% ABV
- Available in the US from the Old Forester Distilling Co shop in Louisville
- US$59.99 per 75cl bottle, available in limited numbers
Campari Group’s Russell’s Reserve 13-Year-Old Bourbon, second release
- Bourbon, Kentucky, 57.4% ABV
- Available from this month in the US through selected off-premise specialists
- SRP of US$100 per 75cl bottle
Angostura Holdings’ Angostura Zenith rum
- Rum, Trinidad & Tobago, 20 to 23 years old, aged in ex-Bourbon casks
- Available this month, worldwide from high-end specialist spirits retailers
- In the UK, SRP of GBP2,500 (US$3,028) per unit, limited to 195 crystal decanters
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