Whisky Focus - Glenglassaugh Add Two New Whiskies To Its Massandra Connection Series

Glenglassaugh has added two whiskies to its renewed "Massandra Connection" series.

They are a Glenglassaugh 35 Year Old Madeira Wood finish and a Glenglassaugh 41 Year Old Sherry Wood finish, and are available worldwide as of today (29 May).

Both are non chill filtered, natural colour and finished in the finest Massandra casks.

These casks had previously been used to mature the very finest wines from Massandra, the oldest winery in the Crimea and a favourite of Tsar Alexander III.

Built between 1894 and 1897 near Yalta, the Massandra winery benefits from a subtropical climate and the protective shield of mountain chains which provide perfect conditions for the production of high-quality fortified and dessert wines.

Glenglassaugh told me that some of their whisky has enjoyed a period of additional maturation, or finishing, in the various different casks from Massandra, with these wine casks dramatically evolving the flavour and style of the maturing whisky.

They tell me that the results are simply spectacular, see the tasting notes show.

Sales Director Alistair Walker said: "In 2010 Glenglassaugh brought over the first casks from the Crimea to create the unique new “Massandra Connection” series with five distinctive Sherry, Muscat, Madeira, Port and Aleatico finishes.

"It was the first time that the Massandra winery had allowed its casks to be exported and also the first time that Crimean fine wine casks had been used by a Scottish distillery for finishing.

"These remarkable new expressions launched today show how the subtle effect of the wonderful Massandra casks on our coastal Highland malt has resulted in two quite exceptional whiskies."
 

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