Huntly whisky firm unveils partnership with Sir Nick Faldo
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A HUNTLY whisky firm has unveiled a new partnership with golfing legend Sir Nick Faldo.
Duncan Taylor Scotch Whisky, has announced a series of four aged special edition Black Bull whiskies in partnership with the six-time major winner.
The 'Tale of Two Legends' series will launch at a prestigious Pro-Am event in Bangalore, India this week, where Faldo will be teeing it up alongside an elite field of other golfing greats.
The latest release includes 18, 30, 50 and 55-year-old limited editions of Black Bull whiskies which have been blended using spirits from within the vast Duncan Taylor Scotch Whisky collection.
Faldo hand selected the whiskies alongside Duncan Taylor chairman Euan Shand and his son, senior operations and spirits manager, Andrew Shand whilst on a visit to the company's Huntly HQ last year.
Faldo said: “I’ve always loved whisky and it was fascinating to delve deep into the process of blended whiskies to create this range.
"I got the opportunity to taste some incredible aged malts and grains from the Duncan Taylor Scotch Whisky vaults, guided by Euan and Andrew Shand and there’s some fascinating history, backstories and flavour profiles behind each bottle in the ‘Tale of Two Legends’ series."
The 18-year-old and 30-year-old whiskies have been created to represent significant milestones in Faldo's illustrious professional career.
The 18-year-old represents the age in which he turned professional while the 30-year-old is a nod to the 30 wins he amassed on the European Tour.
Meanwhile, the 50-year-old is limited to 600 bottles featuring malts from the likes of Caperdonich, which closed in 2002, as well as Macallan and Glen Grant.
And rounding off the series is the 55-year-old is a very special and complex whisky using sherry, grain and malt whiskies produced at Lochside Distillery which stopped production in 1992. The whisky is also limited to just 600 bottles.
Chairman Euan Shand added: "This year we are going big and bold with our releases and the ‘Tale of Two Legends’ series comes hot on the heels of one of the oldest Macallan whiskies we’ve ever launched.
"Together with Sir Nick, we’ve handpicked some of our best whiskies within our archives and blended them meticulously to create four stunning blends that are worthy of celebrating some of the iconic times in his life."
The collection starts from a RRP of £120 for the 18-year-old.
