Glenfiddich and Aston Martin Released a Second Whisky Collaboration

Last 12 months, Glenfiddich and Aston Martin Formula One Team dropped their first whisky collaboration, a 16-year-old single malt that was aged in three several types of wooden: American oak wine casks, new American oak barrels, and second-fill bourbon barrels. This month marks the second launch of this partnership, and this new whisky, additionally aged for 16 years, ups the maturation program to a complete of 5 totally different cask sorts.

Glenfiddich, one of the vital in style and best-selling single malts on the planet, has been making whisky for greater than 150 years. The distillery is positioned within the Speyside area of Scotland in Dufftown, simply down the street from its sister operation the Balvenie (each are owned by William Grant & Sons). The Aston Martin F1 staff will not be fairly as previous, with the present iteration solely current since Racing Point was bought by Lawrence Stroll—father of the staff’s driver Lance Stroll—and rebranded as Aston Martin. The staff and distiller introduced their partnership in 2024, initially releasing a 1959 classic single malt aged for 65 years, which was obtainable completely at Harrods’ Fine Wines & Spirits Room in London.

As talked about earlier than, this new single malt was matured for 16 years, the identical period of time as the primary launch. But the maturation course of makes this new expression stand out. Specifically, the whisky was aged in a mixture of first-fill bourbon barrels, port pipes, Oloroso sherry casks, wine casks, and a small quantity of Fino sherry butts. It was bottled at 86 proof, and the official tasting notes describe a “mellow and silky smooth” palate with notes of “creamy, buttery toffee sweetness, caramelized cane sugar, and a counterbalance of dry oak tannin” (we didn’t obtain a pattern to attempt).

According to the model, the brand new whisky was impressed by the twin philosophies of Glenfiddich grasp of malt Brian Kinsman and Aston Martin’s managing technical companion Adrian Newey. “What I find most compelling about Adrian’s work is that the defining performance often comes from what you cannot immediately see,” mentioned Kinsman in a press release. “Behind every Aston Martin Formula One Team car are hundreds of small decisions, carefully refined to create a seamless whole. The same is true in whisky making. For this expression, I combined the influence of five distinct cask types, each contributing its own character, texture and depth. The art lies not in the individual components, but in bringing them together in a way that feels perfectly balanced and instinctively right.”

Glenfiddich & Aston Martin Formula One Team 16-Year-Old Limited-Edition Release No. 2 is now obtainable at choose retailers across the nation (SRP $80), and you’ll nonetheless discover the primary version at web sites like ReserveBar.