This week’s new spirits launches – 4-8 July 2022

Last updated: 25/08/2022 at 9:42 AM

7 July 2022

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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 […]

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

The Secret Speyside series returns with seven single malts aged between 21 and 27 years

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

Part of The Balvenie’s The Stories series, The Week of Peat line is produced in one week per year when peated malt is used at the distillery

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

Whiskey Row Fire is the latest bottle in Old Forester’s The 117 Series, which kicked off last year

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

The 13-year-old extension debuted last year and returns with a second, limited edition bottling

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

Zenith forms part of the Angostura brand’s ‘Private Cask Collection’

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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