Product description
Moon Import was founded in 1980 in Genoa by Pepi Mongiardino and quickly became famous as an importer and distributor of high-quality wines and spirits.
Following the suggestion of the legendary Silvano Samaroli († 2017), Mongiardino avoided collaboration with industry giants and focused on bottling single casks of whisky, usually from private owners. Inspired by old engravings discovered in an 18th-century German encyclopedia, Mongiardino often designed the graphic page for the editions of his whiskies himself. The Glenfiddich 1979 presented here spent about 14 years in two hogshead casks (no. 14803 and 14804). Bottled in 1993 in the series "The Sails in the Wind", in an edition of 792 bottles.
Aroma : fresh, fruity, ripe apples and pears, honeydew melon, peaches, bouquet of wild flowers, hay drying in the sun, chamomile tea and mint leaf.
Taste : consistent with the aroma, juicy apples and pears, nectarines, gooseberry jam, vanilla, milk fudge, pralines, white chocolate, notes of white pepper and candied ginger.
Finish : quite long, with notes of juicy summer fruits, pink grapefruit, vanilla, toffee, a touch of sweet spices and oak tannins.