The Coopers Choice Port Dundas 1999 Moscatel Cask Finish 53%

Description

The Coopers Choice Port Dundas 1999 Moscatel Cask Finish is a third party independent bottling of Lowland Single Grain Whisky. This is a very limited single cask bottling.

The Cooper’s Choice range of whiskies is bottled by the Vintage Malt Whisky Co. (VMWC) which was founded by Brian Cook in 1992. Brian is a honours graduate in Food Science with twenty year’s experience in the malt whisky industry, latterly as Export Director for one of Scotland’s principal distillers. The aim of the VMWC is to produce a range of malt whiskies from Scotland’s finest distilleries and to make them available to independent wine and spirit importers throughout the world. This single malt whisky is individually bottled and presented under the distinctive Coopers Choice label. Casks of malts at different ages are selected from some of Scotland’s finest, but rarely bottled, distilleries. They encompass all the varied tastes and flavours to be found from the Eastern coastline, to the Highland Valleys and all the way to the Western Isles.

Port Dundas Distillery was located in the Port Dundas area of Glasgow, to the north of the city centre. It was closed in 2011. A distillery was first established on the site in 1811 with a second added in 1813. The distillery was to become one of the largest grain distillerys in Scotlands. The distillery was demolished by then owners Diageo after they decided to consolidate their grain whisky production at their Cameronbridge distillery. Port Dundas formed the backbone of many famous blended whiskies: Johnnie Walker, J&B, Bells. Vat 69 et al.

Only 288 bottles of The Coopers Choice Port Dundas 1999 Moscatel Cask Finish. Moscatel is the Spanish name for Muscat and is often used to produce dessert wines in Spain. Distilled in May 1999 and bottled at over 20 years old in 2019.

Cask Ref #5249. Bottled at 53% ABV.