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Three giants of the spirits world have decided to share their expertise with a few special connoisseurs having formed a little company called The Last Drop Distillers Limited. They are bottling one by one, a few of their collection of fabulous old casks from remote cellars all over Scotland. These are all entirely unique, chosen by the partners for their exquisite purity and taste. Perhaps because the partners themselves are all extremely old - between them they have clocked up more than 120 years in the Scotch whisky industry - they prefer whiskies that have spent a lot of time in the cask. The bottling (of 1347 bottles only) is a splendid example of their craft. The youngest of the whiskies was distilled in 1960 and many of the distilleries from which they came have long since ceased to exist. When the whiskies reached the age of at least 12 years they were blended and put into new sherry casks. There they lay for the next 36 years, evaporating slowly until less than a third of their volume remained, and drawing richness, smoothness and fragrance from the old wood. This superb whisky has been bottled by hand, straight from the cask at cask strength 52% ABV, with no chilling, filtering, dilution or colouring. It is then corked and sealed with hot wax. The Last Drop is sold in a presentation case, which contains a 50ml miniature, also wax sealed, and a cork stopper for resealing once the bottle is opened. |