Product description
The Antica Casa Marchesi Spinola collection encourages reflection on Italy as a country shaping the Scotch whisky market.
Undoubtedly, the great pioneer in this field was Silvano Samaroli, who already in 1968 offered single cask whisky bottled with natural alcohol content, something that leading Scottish companies such as Gordon & MacPhail or Douglas Laing & Co. did not do at that time. Soon other Italian companies will follow in his footsteps, to mention Sestante, Moon Import or Silver Seal. If we look at the auction results from time to time, it is the editions of the aforementioned Italian companies that reach astronomical prices, leaving the Scottish private distributors in the blocks. The collection presented here, bottled in 1990, is a set of six single malts that is the decoration of every whisky collection, and also presents huge investment potential:
§ Glenlossie 1973, aged for 17 years in sherry casks, is a whisky rich in chocolate notes, full of raisins and dried fruit, with a touch of cinnamon and nutmeg;
§ Glen Gordon 1974, a 15-year-old version of The Macallan, also from sherry casks, full of fruit tones (apples, pineapples), balanced by oak tannins and a handful of dry herbs;
§ Tomatin 1968, a 21 -year-old explosion of berries, spiced with a mint leaf and a pinch of anise and a subtle oak bitterness;
§ Longmorn 1971, after 18 years in sherry casks this spirit offers a wealth of nuts and honey, raisins, a hint of dried porcini mushrooms and a pinch of dry herbs;
§ Miltonduff 1966, the oldest whisky in the set, is the quintessence of maturation in sherry casks, a range of dried fruits – apricots, plums, pears, raisins, a mixture of herbal spices and beautifully incorporated notes of oak;
§ Port Ellen 1974, 15-year-old whisky from the legendary distillery closed in 1983, fruity sweetness wrapped in peat smoke and sea breeze.