Product description
100 Pipers was a 1965 creation by Chivas Bros. blending masters, intended to compete with Cutty Sark and Dewar's blends on the American market (the Seagram name was added to the name four years later and remains there to this day).
The whisky did not gain the expected popularity in the USA, but in the 90s it took the Asian market by storm. In 2005 it was the fifth best-selling Scotch whisky (3.4 million cases), and today it closes the second ten with sales reduced by half. The name of the whisky recalls a Scottish ballad about a hundred bagpipers who roused the rebels to battle during the Jacobite uprising. The original formula of the whisky was built around Glen Keith malt, in the current one Allt-a-Bhainne plays first fiddle.
Nose : strong cereal notes, breakfast cereal, vanilla, caramel, apples, lemon peel and a distant hint of smoke.
Taste : soft, vanilla, sweet cereal, caramel, a pinch of pepper and a handful of dried fruit.
Finish : not too long, with notes of malt, vanilla, summer fruits and oak.