Whisky Focus - Whyte & Mackay's Single Malts Take 24 Gold Medals At ISC 2022

If you familiar with Whyte & Mackay’s increasingly impressive range of Scotch single malt whiskies these days from their Tamnavulin, Jura and The Dalmore distilleries then you wont be surprised to hear that between them they have picked up 24 Gold Medals at the International Spirits Challenge 2022.

The International Spirits Challenge 2022 is one of the most authoritative and influential spirits competitions in the world, winning an ISC award is indeed an impressive achievement for any whisky that passes the scrupulous blind assessment from the ISC's experienced panel of specialist judges and their awards are often a good indicator to whisky drinkers to what whiskies that may be worth trying.

Behind Whyte & Mackay’s collection of iconic whiskies is their pioneering Master Whisky Maker Gregg Glass and Master Distiller Richard Paterson OBE, today Whyte & Mackay is the largest growing Single Malt brand owner globally, boasting an impressive portfolio that includes The Dalmore, Jura and Tamnavulin.

Speyside single malt Tamnavulin which has very much been revived and transformed in recent years offering whisky drinkers a quality and varied range of single malts at a decent price once again impressed the ISC judges, securing a Gold medal for each of its five entries, including the recently launched Tamnavulin White Wine Cask Edition which I only just tasted my self for the first time today (my review to follow). This is the latest addition to its range of double cask matured whiskies, which also includes gold medal recipients Tempranillo Cask Edition and Spanish Grenache Cask Edition. The distillery, which was transformed as a brand in 2016, continues to perform well and is the fastest growing single malt worldwide with good reason, they are producing some quality single malts at a very drammable price which given how peoples budgets are being squeezed these days is very welcome.

Hot on its heels is island distillery Jura, the second fastest growing single malt worldwide. Jura was awarded seven medals by the ISC judges, including four Golds: Jura 18 Year Old, Jura 21 Year Old Tide, Jura 21 Year Old Time, Jura Red Wine Cask Finish. This achievement comes only four years since the historic island distillery was relaunched.

Gold medals were also presented to Whyte & Mackay’s The Woodsman Blended Scotch Whisky and King of Trees 10 Year Old, created by Whyte and Mackay’s Whisky Works development arm by following a rare maturation process using wood from 200 year old Scottish Oak trees.

Whyte & Mackay’s Scotch whiskies International Spirits Challenge 2022 Awards:

ISC Gold Awards

• The Dalmore 15 Year Old
• The Dalmore Cigar Malt
• The Dalmore Portwood Reserve
• The Dalmore Quintet
• Jura Red Wine Finish
• Jura 18 Year Old
• Jura 21 Tide
• Jura 21 Time
• Tamnavulin Red Wine Cask
• Tamnavulin Sherry Cask
• Tamnavulin Spanish Grenache
• Tamnavulin Tempranillo
• Tamnavulin White Wine Cask
• Whisky Works King of Tree’s 10 Year Old

Master Whisky Maker Gregg Glass commented: "In addition to the fantastic success our distilleries are seeing around the world, it’s an honour to continue to receive awards and accolades across our portfolio. This is testament to the hard work our entire team shows every day.

"We have plenty of exciting whiskies to be revealed later in the year, which we can’t wait to share with the world."

You will find Whyte & Mackay’s award winning Tamnavulin, Jura and The Dalmore single malts as well as their range of blends available from specialist online whisky retailers such as The Whisky Exchange, Amazon and Master of Malt
 

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