Fruit of a marriage of two great families, Grant & Temperley, the fifth and latest addition to the Experimental Series range reinvents the Single Malt Scotch whiskey category by playing with traditions.
This new whiskey combines Glenfiddich Single Malt with Somerset Pomona, a liqueur made from a secret blend of fresh apple juice and apple cider brandy, matured in oak barrels previously containing apple brandy. A unique alliance that pays homage to the fruity DNA of Glenfiddich for a fresh and sweet taste. On the one hand the Grant family, founder of the Glenfiddich distillery in 1887 and behind the creation of the Single Malt whiskey category in 1963. Today, Glenfiddich is the most awarded Single Malt Scotch whiskey in the world. On the other, the Temperley family, which for 300 years has been producing Somerset apple cider brandy from their 180 hectares of orchard where 105 varieties of apples are grown. It was when Brian Kinsman, cellar master Glenfiddich, visit Somerset, county in southwest England, to meet Matilda Temperley, master distiller of the Somerset Cider Brandy Company, que son imagination s’anime. This sensory and aromatic journey leads him to the creation of the very first Scottish Single Malt whiskey matured in Somerset Pomona barrels..
A communion under the sign of innovation and tradition
Orchard Experiment is where Glenfiddich Single Malt whiskey meets Somerset Pomona. Glenfiddich Single Malt Whiskey has been made with the same three ingredients since 1887 : barley, spring water and yeast. Once the mixture is stirred and fermented, it is then distilled twice in copper stills. Only the “heart” of the distillate is put in oak barrels to age.. This whiskey then rests in a Somerset Pomona barrel for four months until it is perfect..
