As part of the company’s annual Collaboration Series, Mossburn Distillers released a limited edition 12-year-old blend finished in Calvados casks. The Calvados apple cider malt follows the release of Mossburn Foursquare in 2023.
interestingly, this is the first collaborative bottle ever released by Mossburn and Domaine Dupont. The Speyside malt whisky in the release was aged initially in ex-Bourbon barrels and then re-cashed and matured in Calvados and Pommeau casks.
As a farm and cider house, Domaine Dupont began in 1887 before focusing on Calvados in the 1980s. Etienne Dupont began his career in Cognac and later transitioned into brandy production.
Mossburn Distillers Finishes Whisky in Calvados Casks
Neil Macleod Mathieson, whisky maker at Mossburn Distillers, commented: “When looking at collaborative efforts, one likes to turn to one’s oldest friends.
“Having worked with the Dupont family for 30 years and admired the deft touch with which they introduce oak to their Calvados, I was sure this would allow us to use their locally coopered casks to great effect on a Speyside malt finish, emphasizing its typical heathery and floral notes. Even before casking, we were imagining autumn days and spiced baked apples – what a treat.”
The expression is 57.2% ABV and displays floral honeyed notes with baked red apples, vanilla cream, pink peppercorn, and oak spices. It finishes with lingering notes of apple crumble, toasted hazelnuts, sultanas, and toffee brittle.
Ideally, even though its a limited edition, there will be enough to go around. There will be 2,580 bottles for the US market, 1,400 bottles for the UK market, and 3,540 bottles for the rest of Europe. The limited edition will be available at Master of Malt and The Whisky Exchange in the UK.
Founded in 1974, Mossburn Distillers & Blenders is an independent bottler, blender, and whisky maker known for creating Torabhaig single malt whisky on Skye, as well as Caisteal Chamius blended peated Scotch.
