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| Auld Alliance Island 15years |
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The Auld Alliance
"To drink withe ws the new fresche wyne,
That grew apone the revar Ryne,
Fresche fragrant claretis out of France,
Off Angeo and of Orliance"
William Dunbar extols the selections of
wine to be found in Edinburgh to King James IV
Dating back to 1295, the Auld Alliance, a
military and diplomatic alliance, was aimed at curtailing England’s expansion
south and north. The original Alliance that granted dual citizenship in both
countries was eventually revoked by the French government in 1903. The signing
of the Auld Alliance also gave the Scottish merchants the privilege of selecting
the first choice of Bordeaux’s finest wines. A privilege which was eagerly
protected for hundreds of years, much to the annoyance of English drinkers who
received an inferior drink. French wine tended to be landed on Wine Quay at
Leith and rolled up the streets to the merchant’s cellars behind the waterfront.
The wine landed was mostly for the elite of Scottish Society and Clan Chiefs,
with most commoners drinking whisky or beer which would have been stored or
matured in the empty French wine casks.
The Alliance was always toasted
in both countries as "King over the Water" with a fine drop of Claret or Claret
matured Malt Whisky.
The Auld Alliance Edition, double matured in
French claret wine casks, will allow you to discover the whisky, the way it used
to be over 500 years ago during the era of Flora Macdonald and more recently
during prohibition times in America. |
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Flora MacDonald 1st Edition
Island Single Maltwhisky
Distilled april 1992
Bottled
october 2007
Number of bottles 930
Cask Number 90301 / 90303
Finished
in St. Emilion wine casks
Bottled at 50 % vol.
Unchill-Filtered Natural
Colour
Leveres i mørk brændt trækiste
med fint dobbeltsidet pergament, som indeholder alt der er værd at vide om den
hemmelige alliance mellem skotter og franskmænd. |
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Farve: Rødbrunt
patineret palisander træ.
Duft: Stor
cremet og kødfuld duft med let røg/tørv og peber. Sødt friskt egetræ, hostesaft
med rålakrids kommer frem i bouqueten efter lidt tid og varme fra hånden. Sød
marmelade lavet på skovens røde bær fornemmes efter alkoholen har fortaget sig
lidt.
Smag:
Kraftfuld pondus fra første til sidste dråbe!!! Tørre krydderier, salt og
en varm stikkende fornemmelse af rygende beg fylder munden. Salt,
frugtsødme og mørk chokolade, espressokaffe og rørsukker siver ind i
smagsløgene og mundvandet skylder frem. Eftersmagen er fyldt med sød piberøg,
kamfer og blød røde frugter.
Kommentar: Auld
Alliance er en ny historisk luksus serie fra den skotske aftapper Ian
Macleod.
Flora Macdonald serien er
udelukkende aftapninger af Single Isalnd Maltwhisky.
Andre aftapninger i Auld Alliance serien
tæller "Prohibition Wine
Cask".
The Flora MacDonald Edition
A tribute to
one of Scotland’s most romantic heroines which sealed the escape back to France
of the Young Pretender, Bonnie Prince Charlie, Grandson of King James VII, who
had come over to reclaim the throne of Britain from the then ruling Hanoverian
King George. Following the defeat
of Culloden in 1745, Bonnie Prince Charlie was on the run, with a bounty on his
head of £ 30,000.
Young Flora MacDonald, who attended school
in Edinburgh, was home for summer holidays at her brother’s in Uist in June 1746
when she was convinced to help the Prince sail over to Skye to escape the Red
Coats of General Campbell, who had just landed on the island. The Prince needed
to get to Arisaig where a French ship was waiting to take him back to France.
Charles had to be disguised as "Betty Burke", Flora’s Irish serving
maid, to cross the 45 miles stormy sea journey. After days they finally reached
the area of Uig and made their way to Portree where they then parted. Charles is
believed to have given her a locket with his portrait and to have said "I hope,
Madam, that we may meet in St James’s yet". She was never to see him again.
Charles Edward Stuart died in exile, in Rome in 1788.
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| Urania Single Maltwhisky fra Hven. First release of 4.444 bottles |
Denna singel malt whisky är något synnerligen unikt. Det är den första lagligt destillerade singel malt whisky som någonsin destillerats i enkelpannor på en ö i konungariket Sverige.
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