Diageo has just announced the line-up for its Special Releases 2017.
There will be ten bottlings and in April we could already reveal the first nine. One was kept in their back pocket as a surprise later on this year and this turned out to be a blended malt called Collectivum XXVIII, which contains whiskies from all twenty-eight active Diageo distilleries.
Update: we now have the announcement for the Diageo Special Releases 2018
Diageo Special Releases 2017 price
Pricing will be available later. The bottles themselves are due early autumn.
BLAIR ATHOL 23 year old (€ 450)
Distilled 1993 – ABV 58.4%
Ex-Bodega European Oak Butts – 5514 btl.
BRORA 34 year old ’16th release’ (€ 1700)
Distilled: 1982 – ABV 51.9%
Refill American Oak Hogsheads – 3000 btl.
CAOL ILA 18 year old (€ 120)
ABV 59.8% (possibly unpeated style?)
Refill American Oak Hogsheads
CONVALMORE 32 year old (€ 1400)
Distilled: 1984 – ABV 48.2%
Refill American Oak Hogsheads – 3972 btl.
GLEN ELGIN 18 year old (€ 350)
Distilled: 1998 – ABV 54.8%
Ex-Bodega European Oak Butts – 5352 btl.
LAGAVULIN 12 year old ’17th release’ (€ 110)
ABV 56.5%
Refill American Oak Hogsheads
PORT DUNDAS 52 year old (€ 900)
Distilled: 1964 – ABV 44.6%
Refill American Oak Hogsheads – 752 btl.
PORT ELLEN 37 year old ’17th release’ (€ 3000)
Distilled: 1979 – ABV 51%
Refill American Oak Hogsheads & Refill American Oak Butts – 2988 btl.
TEANINICH 17 year old (€ 330)
Distilled: 1999 – ABV: 55.9%
Refill American Oak Hogsheads & Refill American Oak Barrels
COLLECTIVUM XXVIII (€ 170)
Blended malt from 28 distilleries – ABV: 57.3%
Refill American Oak Hogsheads, Refill European Oak Butts, Ex-Bodega European Oak & First-fill Bourbon Casks.