Bacardi World Journey Retail introduces Glen Deveron 40 Yr Outdated single malt

Bacardi World Journey Retail has revealed the Glen Deveron 40 Yr Outdated Highland Single Malt, as the most recent addition to its Distinctive Cask Sequence, a group of uncommon releases of single malts.

Glen Deveron 40 Yr Outdated is a restricted version unique to international journey retail, launching from December 2022 in choose places globally. It has 43% ABV and the 70cl bottle is priced at US$4900.

Beforehand unreleased, it has been chosen from the distillery’s personal reserve by Malt Grasp, Stephanie Macleod. Offered in a wood field with a model booklet, every individually numbered bottle comes with a glass stopper engraved with the Glen Deveron insignia, making it a collector’s piece.

Distilled on 28 November 1980, it’s the oldest expression from the distillery up to now. After a long time  in oak, the whisky spent its closing yr in a uncommon Oloroso Sherry Spanish Oak Butt.

Macleod explains: “Having spent many hours nosing and sampling a number of whiskies within the Glen Deveron stock, I discovered myself drawn to the impeccable high quality of the whisky on this explicit cask. Spanish oak is gorgeous to work with; it bestows intense color and spice and is ideal for ending. Casks of this excessive commonplace and age are few and much between and, when you think about oak’s profound impact on the style of whisky, it’s not stunning that the small print rely. In consequence, The Glen Deveron 40 Yr Outdated is a shocking instance of an older Scotch with the dry spicy notes of the Oloroso, complementing the apple and cereal notes which can be the signature of the Glen Deveron type.”

House owners of the Glen Deveron 40 Yr Outdated could have the unique alternative to discover the Glen Deveron Distillery in a digital expertise by way of a mixture of AR, CGI and audio, making a multisensorial engagement with the model. The engagement additionally features a guided tasting narrated by Macleod.

Bacardi World Journey Retail World Head of Advertising Ignacio Vazquez stated: “With its lovely steadiness of notes from the ultimate yr of ageing in Spanish Oak, the Glen Deveron 40 Yr Outdated is an incredible addition to our portfolio, supporting our mission to please and encourage whisky consumers with very uncommon, aged whisky discoveries that they’ll solely discover right here in GTR. The immersive digital journey provides distinctive layering to their buy expertise, combining training and leisure with a private shared tasting voiced by Stephanie herself.”