Exclusive Cask Supply
Lindores Abbey Distillery announced today that it has secured an exclusive cask supply contract with Bodegas Toro Albalá in Montilla Moriles. Under the agreement, Lindores Abbey Distillery will have exclusive access to a wide range of ex-Bodega Butts for maturing and finishing their single malt.
The legendary Bodegas, perhaps most famous for its 1946 Don Convento which scored 100 points in Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate guide, is seen as a perfect partner:
“Toro Albalá and Lindores Abbey Distillery are the perfect match. Both are family-run companies that place an emphasis on producing the very finest product. We have been looking to form long-term agreements with the finest wine producers, and this is the first of these. You cannot do better than 100 Parker points, and we are sure that these casks, which are exclusively from PX, will be the perfect partner for our award-winning new make spirit.”
Drew McKenzie Smith – Founder of Lindores Abbey Distillery
A team from Lindores will be visiting the Bodega in Montilla in October (travel restrictions permitting) to personally select and collect the further of the casks, some of which have lain in the Bodega for more than 70 years.
“We cannot wait to get some casks back over here and filled. Ex-Bodega Butts containing wines like the Don PX are so difficult to find nowadays, so we are thrilled,”
Drew McKenzie Smith – Founder of Lindores Abbey Distillery
Export Director for Toro Albalá Antonio Sorgato is equally enthusiastic. “To reach an agreement with Lindores is great. It’s a perfect arrangement for us. Being associated with Lindores Abbey Distillery and the abbey where whisky production in Scotland was first recorded is something special. We know the quality of our wines and really look forward to seeing how the casks will work in Scotland.”
Antonio Sorgato – Export Director for Toro Albalá
The first single malt from Lindores Abbey Distillery, the spiritual home of Scotch whisky, will not be offered for public sale – the run of 1,494 bottles will be exclusively available through membership of the 1494 Society. The historic bottling will be launched in March 2021.
For more information, interview opportunities or images, contact Poppy McKenzie Smith – poppystill@lindoresabbeydistillery.com
Notes for editors
The first release from Lindores Abbey Distillery, the spiritual home of Scotch whisky, will be exclusively available through membership to the 1494 Society. Lifetime membership costs £500 and includes a numbered bottle of our first ever whisky release, priority access to all future numbered bottlings, lifetime free access to the distillery, a donation to the preservation of the Abbey ruins, a tree planted in your name in our Abbey orchards, and an exclusive invitation to the annual Bear Burning party.
Joining the 1494 Society means becoming part of the Lindores Abbey family and accompanying us on our journey to revive the spiritual home of Scotch whisky and celebrate Lindores’ primordial role in whisky history.
Only 1,494 Memberships to the 1494 Society are, and will ever be, available – once they are all spoken for, there will be no way to procure a bottle of the first release directly from Lindores Abbey Distillery. Only a fraction of membership places remain, and we expect these to be sold out by the time we release our first whisky in March.
DO NOT MISS YOUR CHANCE TO JOIN THE 1494
£500 Membership
The Ultimate Gift for Whisky Lovers: As part of a 1494 Membership you will receive:
– Complimentary bottle (1 of only 1494) from our first distillery bottling of Lindores Abbey Single Malt Whisky and a complimentary bottle of Aqua Vitae
– First offer on Limited Edition bottlings
– Rights to your own bottle number, when applicable
– FREE entry to the distillery for life
– FREE annual tickets to the ‘Bear Burning’ Ceremony and ceilidh for you and a guest
– 10% discount on our Online Shop and at the Visitor Centre
– 10% discount on venue hire
– Donation made on your behalf to the Preservation Society and a tree is planted in our new orchards in your name
