DISCOVER THE MAKING OF UNTOLD RICHES – Scotch Whisky News

DISCOVER THE MAKING OF

WE CAUGHT UP WITH OUR WHISKY BLENDER AND BRAND MANAGER, STEVEN SHAND, TO DISCOVER THE MAKING OF UNTOLD RICHES.

DISCOVER UNTOLD RICHES

 

HOW DID YOU SELECT THE CASKS?

WHILST THE SCOTCH WHISKY WE SET OUT TO MAKE WOULD COMPRISE SOLELY OF BUNNAHABHAIN, WE WERE ABLE TO SELECT CASKS FROM MULTIPLE STOCK PROFILES. THIS GAVE US A FANTASTIC RANGE OF FLAVOURS TO BUILD A NUANCED EXPRESSION FROM; SOME OF THESE ANCIENT CASKS HAD AS LITTLE AS 80 LITRES OF SPIRIT LEFT FROM WHAT WAS ONCE 250 LITRES IN THE CASK.

HARMONY OF WOOD AND SPIRIT WAS FRONT OF MIND, SO WE BALANCED ANY DEEP, HEAVILY-INFLUENCED CASKS WITH MORE DELICATE CASKS SO AS NOT TO LOSE THE SIGNATURE MALTY-SWEET CHARACTER OF BUNNAHABHAIN DISTILLERY (WHICH MAKES IT A FAVOURITE AMONGST US AT WEMYSS MALTS). IN THE END, UNTOLD RICHES WAS BORN FROM A RECIPE COMPRISING OF 31 SHERRY AND BOURBON CASKS, RANGING IN VINTAGES BETWEEN 1987 AND 1991.

SCROLL DOWN TO DISCOVER THE DETAILED CASK BREAKDOWN OF UNTOLD RICHES.

WHERE DID THE NAME ‘UNTOLD RICHES’ COME FROM?

YOU REALLY DON’T KNOW WHAT TREASURES YOU’LL FIND AMONGST OLD BUNNAHABHAIN CASKS. WE KNEW THERE’D BE SUBSTANTIAL CASK INFLUENCE, BUT WE DISCOVERED THERE WAS SO MUCH MORE TO THESE CASKS. INSPIRED BY THE TREASUROUS CASKS AND THE HIDDEN COASTAL PLACEMENT OF THEIR DISTILLERY, WE FOUND OUR NAME.

IS THIS THE BEGINNING OF A SERIES?

GIVEN THE EXCLUSIVE AND ELUSIVE NATURE OF THE CASKS USED IN THIS BOTTLING, IT’S HIGHLY LIKELY THAT THIS WILL BE THE ONLY EXPRESSION OF UNTOLD RICHES. AS THIS IS OUR FIRST EVER VATTED SINGLE MALT AND WE’RE INCREDIBLY PROUD OF THE WAY IN WHICH WE HAND-CRAFTED IT, THERE’S POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLORE MORE SINGLE MALT RELEASES IN THE FUTURE.

HOW WOULD YOU PAIR UNTOLD RICHES?

THANKS TO THE DEEP-YET-BALANCED NOTES OF UNTOLD RICHES, THERE ARE MANY PAIRING POSSIBILITIES. I’D START WITH SALTED CARAMEL DARK CHOCOLATE, A RICH PORTER BEER OR SOME SHARP SCOTTISH CHEDDAR.

DISCOVER UNTOLD RICHES