{"id":4354,"date":"2016-03-18T14:30:18","date_gmt":"2016-03-18T13:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thewhiskylady.net\/?p=4354"},"modified":"2016-03-18T14:30:18","modified_gmt":"2016-03-18T13:30:18","slug":"old-pulteney-receives-highest-distinction-world-whiskies-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewhiskylady.net\/old-pulteney-receives-highest-distinction-world-whiskies-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Old Pulteney receives highest distinction at World Whiskies Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"

The team at Pulteney Distillery in Wick is celebrating one of its greatest triumphs to date in the global industry, after Old Pulteney 1989 Vintage<\/a> was crowned the \u2018World\u2019s Best Single Malt\u2019.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The extraordinary achievement was announced last night (Thursday 17th<\/sup> March) at Whisky Magazine\u2019s prestigious World Whiskies Awards, hosted at the Grand Connaught Rooms in London.<\/p>\n

Only the world\u2019s most exceptional whiskies are nominated, and with a record number of entries this year leading to tough competition, Old Pulteney has even greater cause to celebrate this accolade.<\/p>\n

The \u2018Maritime Malt\u2019 released its peated Old Pulteney 1989 Vintage<\/a> in September 2015 as the embodiment of Pulteney Distillery\u2019s renowned craftsmanship. Its distinctive smoky character comes from maturation in hand-selected American oak ex-bourbon barrels, which previously held heavily peated malt.<\/p>\n

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Old Pulteney Senior Brand Manager Margaret Mary Clarke was thrilled to hear news of the success. She commented: \u201cThis is a wonderful win for everyone at Pulteney Distillery and we couldn\u2019t be more proud to have our 1989 Vintage<\/a> recognised as the world\u2019s best single malt. When we released the whisky last year it was a real hit with whisky enthusiasts and Old Pulteney devotees, who already recognise the quality and character of our full range of fine single malts. Last night\u2019s award is another great <\/em>testament to the dedicated Distillery team up in Wick whose passion and skill for creating incredible malt whiskies continue to be recognised around the world.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n

The Managing Editor of Whisky Magazine, Mr Rupert Wheeler said: \u201cThis year has seen a record number of entries into our World Whiskies Awards and the Icons of Whisky continue to grow with the addition of new categories. I was delighted to have met so many guests last night, all of which make the whisky industry a pleasure to be a part of. The evening went extremely well and I would like to take this opportunity to thank the judges and sponsors of all of our awards. We look forward to doing it all over again next year.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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Each distinctively designed bottle of Old Pulteney 1989 Vintage<\/a> is natural in colour, non-chill filtered and bottled at 46%.\u00a0 On the palate it is peaty to start, with a heavy, spicy underpinning and notes of vanilla, coconut and oranges giving this indulgent single malt a long-lasting finish.<\/p>\n

Old Pulteney has been acclaimed for its excellence many times over.<\/strong> Old Pulteney\u2019s 21 Year Old Single Malt holds the coveted title of \u2018World Whisky of the Year\u2019 for 2012 in Jim Murray\u2019s Whisky Bible \u2013 one of the industry\u2019s highest accolades. The whisky also achieved top ten status in the UK single malt market in 2012 and is flourishing in many other countries around the world.<\/p>\n

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The team at Pulteney Distillery in Wick is celebrating one of its greatest triumphs to date in the global industry, after Old Pulteney 1989 Vintage was crowned the \u2018World\u2019s Best Single Malt\u2019. The extraordinary achievement was announced last night (Thursday 17th March) at Whisky Magazine\u2019s prestigious World Whiskies Awards, hosted at the Grand Connaught Rooms in London. Only the world\u2019s most exceptional whiskies are nominated, …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4357,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[434],"tags":[521,564,520,44,565,562,563],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewhiskylady.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4354"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewhiskylady.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewhiskylady.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewhiskylady.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewhiskylady.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4354"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/thewhiskylady.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4354\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4359,"href":"https:\/\/thewhiskylady.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4354\/revisions\/4359"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewhiskylady.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewhiskylady.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewhiskylady.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewhiskylady.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}