Diageo have just announced a preview of their forthcoming Special Releases range for 2017. There will be 10 expressions, 9 of which have been announced by Nick Morgan, Head of Whisky Outreach at Diageo.
Here are the expressions that have been announced so far. Interesting this year is the inclusion of Blair Athol for I think the first time. Also worth noting is that each expression has been announced with the amount of bottles available aside from Lagavulin, Caol Ila and the Teaninich, which are just described as ‘Limited Quantities ‘
There have been a few labels on the TTB website which seem to correlate with these releases too.
BLAIR ATHOL™ 23 year old
Distilled 1993 ABV 58.4%
Region: Highlands
Cask: Ex-Bodega European Oak Butts
No of bottles: 5,514
BRORA™ 34 year old
Distilled: 1982 ABV 51.9%
Region: Coastal Highlands
Cask: Refill American Oak Hogsheads
No of bottles: 3,000
CAOL ILA™ 18 year old
ABV 59.8%
Region: Islay
Cask: Refill American Oak Hogsheads
Limited quantities available worldwide
CONVALMORE™ 32 year old
Distilled: 1984 ABV 48.2%
Region: Speyside
Cask: Refill American Oak Hogsheads
No of bottles: 3,972
GLEN ELGIN™ 18 year old
Distilled: 1998 ABV 54.8%
Region: Speyside
Cask: Ex-Bodega European Oak Butts
No of bottles: 5,352
LAGAVULIN™ 12 year old
ABV 56.5%
Region: Islay
Cask: Refill American Oak Hogsheads
Limited quantities available worldwide
PORT DUNDAS™ 52 year old
Distilled: 1964 ABV 44.6%
Region: Lowlands
Cask: Refill American Oak Hogsheads
No of bottles: 752
PORT ELLEN™ 37 year old
Distilled: 1979 ABV 51%
Region: Islay
Cask: Refill American Oak Hogsheads & Refill American Oak Butts
No of bottles: 2,988
TEANINICH™ 17 year old
Distilled: 1999 ABV: 55.9%
Region: Coastal Highlands
Cask: Refill American Oak Hogsheads & Refill American Oak Barrels
Limited quantities available worldwide
