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Nc’nean, which started distilling in Scotland’s Highland area in 2017, is certainly one of a more moderen wave of distilleries to pop up on this historic whisk(e)y making area of the world. Centered on being absolutely natural and sustainable in its practices, it distills from natural barley, makes its bottles from 100% recycled glass, recycles or reuses 99.9% of its waste, and, in 2021, achieved verified web zero standing for carbon emissions from its operations.
Alongside the extremely green-focused footprint, Nc’nean has seen stable marks for its releases, resulting in it being topped Craft Producer of the Yr 2023 on the Icons of Whisky Scotland Awards. They’ve just lately begun bringing a few of their award-winning impressed expressions to the US, with one of many newer bottlings being Nc’nean Quiet Rebels Gordon.
What’s within the bottle
Nc’nean Quiet Rebels Gordon is a part of a sequence of one-off expressions celebrating the varied distillery group led by founder Annabel Thomas. For this providing, Nc’nean’s distillery supervisor, Gordon Wooden, had the choose of the litter to place it collectively. He used a mix of STR (shaved-toasted-recharred) pink wine (74%), ex-sherry (19%), and ex-Rivesaltes (7%) casks to deliver it about.
“Working right here as supervisor at Nc’nean Distillery has introduced a lot enjoyment for me; the folks, the views, the distant shoreline and the character surrounding the distillery is incredible,” stated Wooden on the time of this whisky’s launch. “I’ve beloved seeing folks style this launch in Europe so I’m actually excited that it has lastly reached the US. Normally I am going for a wealthy whisky with fruity notes and ones influenced with sherry casks are a specific favorite, so I needed this launch to result in a few of my go to flavours.
“Velvety, wealthy and undoubtedly moreish. For my part, one of the best whiskies all the time go away your mouth wanting extra.”
Nc’nean Quiet Rebels Gordon, bottled at 48.5% ABV, is a restricted launch in 5 US states (California, Hawaii, Colorado, Illinois, and Texas) and on-line. It prices round $100 per 700 ml bottle.
