Highland single malt Deanston has released a new 40-year-old expression, with fewer than 500 bottles available worldwide at a price of £1,000 a bottle.
Deanston 40 Year Old has been bottled at 45.6% abv without chill filtration, and was matured in refill casks before spending the last 10 years in oloroso Sherry butts.
The packaging features textured metal labels, a leather-lined box and a Deanston coin recessed into the cork – used as the currency of the village in Deanston’s days as a cotton mill.
‘Heavily influenced by the past, Deanston distillery’s close-knit team have handcrafted and nurtured this special single malt using traditional equipment and methods, barley from local farmers and soft water from the River Teith,’ said Carina Gous, from Distell, Deanston’s South Africa-based owner.
