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Black Bull is Best in Glass! December 2011 |
Black Bull 40 year old, the flagship of Duncan Taylor’s award winning range of deluxe blends has seen off competition from some of the world’s most respected whiskies to be named as the overall winner at this year’s Best in Glass awards.
Held annually in London, the Best in Glass awards consist of a blind tasting of short listed whiskies by leading industry figures from the wine and spirits sector. A spokesman for the judges commented:
“The panel were wowed by the balance of this superbly put together whisky, which demonstrated incredible fruit, vanilla and complex, aged oak notes, with a rich and highly moreish character.”
In addition to the Best in Glass Award, Black Bull has received 5 key wine and spirits gold medals in 2011 so far. These include accolades from the World Whisky Awards, the International Wine and Spirits Competition, International Spirits Challenge and the Scottish Field Whisky Challenge.
Now in its fourth year, the Best in Glass awards subjects a shortlist of whiskies to 3 rounds of blind tasting by a panel of experienced judges.
Black Bull wins fifth gold medal of the year - International Spirits Competition 2011 November 2011 |
Black Bull Scotch Whisky Wins Fifth Gold Medal of the Year Black Bull 40 Year Old, the luxury blend from Duncan Taylor Scotch Whisky Limited has been awarded a gold medal at the International Spirits Challenge 2011.
This incredible achievement for the range follows a stream of 2011 successes, that have seen the brand take gold medals at the World Whisky Awards, International Wine & Spirits Competition and the Scottish Field Whisky Challenge.
Black Bull 40 Year Old, the flagship of the Black Bull range is a luxury blend of the finest single malt and single grain whiskies available from Scotland's premium distilleries. Black Bull 40 year old is 90% single malt and 10% single grain and is bottled at cask strength. The spirit is completely natural, without chill filtration or added colourant.
Judges tasting notes: "Good, balanced maturity. Exotic, with cinnamon spice and a long medium-dry finish." Established in 1995, the International Spirits Challenge (ISC) is the most authoritative, respected and influential spirits competition in the world, recognising and promoting outstanding quality spirits from across the globe.
Held annually in London, the ISC is founded on a rigorous and objective blind tasting process, by panels of selected master distillers, blenders, specialist writers and prominent industry figures – all acknowledged experts in their field.
This independent process serves to encourage the high caliber of spirits entered into the International Spirits Challenge competition each year. Receiving more than 1,000 entries from nearly 70 countries worldwide makes the ISC a truly global competition.
Supported by the world's leading spirits producers, the ISC sets the international standard for quality and excellence. To pass the scrupulous assessment of the judging panel and win an ISC award is an impressive achievement for any spirit
. Duncan Taylor Scotch Whisky selects whiskies from distilleries throughout Scotland, bottling a range of luxury single malt and grain Scotch whiskies as well as its award winning range of blended whiskies from its base in Huntly, Aberdeenshire.
Black Bull wins fourth gold medal of the year: Best Blend at Scottish Field Whisky Challenge 2011 October 2011 |
Black Bull 12 year old, the deluxe blended Scotch from whisky specialists Duncan Taylor Scotch Whisky Ltd has been awarded a gold medal for Best Blended Scotch Whisky at the 2011 Scottish Field Whisky Challenge.
This incredible achievement saw Black Bull go up against 40 of the world’s leading whisky brands,both luxury and affordable. Independently rated and tasted blind by a renowned panel of whisky experts, Black Bull was again recognised as the very best in its field. The announcement of the award makes 2011 a quadruple gold medal year for Black Bull whisky, coming on the back of successes at the World Whisky Awards and the International Wines & Spirits Competition in April and August respectively.
Comments from Judge Darren Leitch of Whisky Shop:
“On the nose some mild peat notes, ginger biscuits and leather sandals filled with sand. Flavour wise there is a lot going on, with a good combination of pastel fruit sweetness, heather , vanilla and oak. A malty sweet finish which trails off with a soft oaky tone and a trace of peat.”
The Scottish Field Whisky Challenge is an annual competition celebrating the very best the whisky industry has to offer. Each year, a panel of experts takes part in a series of rigorous blind tastings to recognise the finest products on the shelves today.
The Black Bull brand dates back to 1864. Following a rebranding in 2008, Black Bull’s stature has grown, winning critical acclaim and a plethora of awards from the International Wine and Spirits competition, Jim Murray’s Whisky Bible and the New York International Wine and Spirits contest.
Duncan Taylor Scotch Whisky selects whiskies from distilleries throughout Scotland, bottling a range of luxury single malt and grain Scotch whiskies as well as its award winning range of blended whiskies from its base in Huntly, Aberdeenshire.
Sucess for Duncan Taylor in Whisky Magazine's Independent Bottler's Challenge 2011 September 2011 |
Duncan Taylor Scotch Whisky is proud to announce its success in the 2011 Independent Bottlers Challenge, winning a total of 11 gold, silver and bronze awards in the prestigious competition.
The company, which holds one of the largest collections of rare and vintage whisky casks in the world, took home awards in every category for its portfolio of whiskies, further cementing its reputation as one of the world’s leading independent Scotch whisky specialists.
In addition to being crowned the overall winner in the highly competitive Islay category, Duncan Taylor received gold awards for Octave Caol Ila 1983 and Rare Auld Glen Scotia 1991, as well as silver and bronze medals for Rare Auld Cameronbridge 1979 and Invergordon 1972 – the only single grain whiskies to be recognised in the competition.
"Simply stunning, luscious and aromatic…fabulous…Blimey, how complex do you want a whisky to be!" – these were just some of the comments from the judging panel, made up of leading industry figures and independent whisky writers. Now in its seventh year, the Independent Bottlers competition is a true challenge for independents who provide whisky enthusiasts with unique expressions from their favourite distilleries.
Black Bull takes charge! August 2011 |
Over 300 international industry judges have awarded gold medals to Duncan Taylor Scotch Whisky’s acclaimed Black Bull brand of Deluxe Blended whiskies.
Duncan Taylor Scotch Whisky has once again proved their Black Bull Deluxe Blends are outstanding in their field, with both the 12 and 40 year old expressions winning gold awards at the International Wine and Spirits Competition.
Black Bull 12 year old was commended for its ‘nose of fruit with inviting notes of apple, liquorice and vanilla….spice and fruit combined well with evident oak….in an outstanding finish’ while Black Bull 40 year old was described as having ‘…great presence and balance…great complexity with rich malts dominating hints of citrus.’
Founded in 1969, the IWSC is considered to be the oldest and most prestigious competition of its kind. Judging includes a blind tasting consisting of panels selected from over 300 fully experienced and qualified industry judges followed by a detailed chemical analysis.
Gone but not forgotten: Rare Auld Caperdonich keeps the spirit of the dearly departed distillery alive! We're very pleased to announce that Rare Auld Caperdonich 1972 C742 has won the 'Best Natural Cask - Ultra Premium Range' in the 2010 Malt Maniac awards. Scoring an impressive average of 90 points from the panel of 11 distinguished judges, this Caperdonich bottling is a proud testament to the much-missed distillery from which it came. Slainte!
A full account of the 2010 Malt Maniac Awards, including all the other winning malts and a complete breakdown of scores and tasting notes can be found here
Duncan Taylor Wins Best Single Malt Scotch (Single Cask) 22-27yo in the 2011 Whisky Bible!
Duncan Taylor & Co Ltd are delighted to announce our recent success in Jim Murray’s 2011 Whisky Bible Awards, where our 1986 Highland Park has received the ‘Best Single Malt Scotch, 22-27 Years (Single Cask)’ award.
More results to come soon!
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Duncan Taylor have once again swept the board at the prestigious Whisky Magazine awards, taking home two gold, three silver and four bronze medals for our NC2, Lonach, Whisky Galore, Rare Auld and Octave ranges, as well as our special edition Runrig Highland Park 'Dram Of Destiny' Check out the awards below:
Check out the other awards winners on Whisky Magazine's website! Click here |
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Announced and championed within the Jim Murray Whisky Bible 2010, the Liquid Gold Awards has been created to celebrate the highest quality and standard of whisky around the world, which means that only those scoring 94 points or more qualify. Representing only a small number of the 4,000 whiskies featured in the 2010 edition, these Liquid Gold whiskies are in Jim Murray's opinion the elite of our industry; the very best that can be found. Duncan Taylor has been awarded the following Liquid Gold Awards:
To view the award certificates in PDF format, please click here (5M). A full account of the 2010 World Whisky Awards can be found in Jim Murray’s Whisky Bible 2010. And with nearly 4000 tasting notes, including 946 of the very latest releases, the ‘Whisky Bible’ remains the definitive and most up to date guide available.
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Black Bull 30yo received the Blended Bottling of the Year and a Bronze overall bottling of the year from the 2009 Scottish Field Whisky Challenge!
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A good reason to celebrate! We have scooped the top prize in the annual Malt Maniacs Awards 2009. This international competition, Pinnacle of The Worlds Spirits Awards, gave Duncan Taylor’s Glen Grant 36yo the overall top whisky – a massive achievement for a small Aberdeenshire-based whisky merchant. Malt Maniacs are an International group of whisky lovers that represent thousands of whisky clubs throughout the world. The judging panel from over 10 major whisky drinking markets of the world represent the elite of spirit connoisseurs. Thousands of whiskies were blind tasted by eleven experts over the course of the awards, but it was Duncan Taylor that came out tops on the night. In addition to the overall award, we were also awarded a gold medal again for the Glen Grant 36yo – attracting an unheard of 91 points from the judges and a further three silver medals and two bronze medals were awarded to Duncan Taylor Whiskies. We are all honoured at Duncan Taylor to have won this award from ‘people who know their whiskies’.
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For the fourth year running, Duncan Taylor & Co have been awarded the Lowland Independent Bottler of the Year award! 2006, 2007, 2008 and now 2009! These Independed Bottlers' Challenge awards are given by a panel of Industry experts based on blind tastings and therefore pure testament to the quality and consistently high standard of our whiskies. Each company was allowed to enter one whisky for each category which was then given a score out of 10. In each category a gold, silver and bronze medal was awarded for the top scoring whiskies. In each section a point system was applied to the medal winners and the highest scoring was awarded the section trophy.
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It's now official - Duncan Taylor is the best Independent Bottler! Last Thursday it was announced, at the Awards Dinner in Glasgow, that we are Whisky Magazine's Icons of Whisky Scotland Independent Bottler of the Year 2009.
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  INDEPENDENCE TROPHY & GOLD BEST IN CLASS - Rare Auld Blended 38yoSILVER BEST IN CLASS - Cameronbridge 1979 SILVER - Single Malt Speyside: Glenlivet 1970 SILVER - Single Malt Highland: Battle Hill Ben Nevis 8yo
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Duncan Taylor & Co have been awarded Jim Murray’s World Whisky Awards 2010 for best Scotch Grain of the Year! The winner of this prestigious award is our Rare Auld Grain bottling of North British 1978, cask Q247, 54.7%alc/vol.
| Nose: | The jackpot!! Well, nearly. Everything here I look for from this distillery at this kind of age: a complex, softly spiced layering to the usual corn field. Busy and gloriously three dimensional. |
| Taste: | What a delivery! Canadian from the top drawer in so many aspects! A real fizz to this as the spices move in and break up any corn mafia that’s thinking about dominating proceedings: the starchy backbone also has light banana-vanillas and weak Demerara sugar to contend with. |
| Finish: | Those soft spices spin on even as the corn oils begin to gain a belated foothold. The vanillas are faultless. |
| Comment: | Golden proof that great grain is a match for anything. |
| Score: | 95 points |
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Award: Gold (Best in Class)
Award: Silver (Best In Class) Award: Bronze
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We entered four whiskies into the International Wine & Spirits Competition 2007. We have entered this competition twice before and this is the second time we have received great acclaim for our superb whiskies! We won 3 Best in Class, 2 Gold medals, 1 Silver and 1 Bronze:
Award: Gold (Best in Class)
Total Marks: 85.8
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The scores and full tasting notes are now online at: http://www.whiskychallenge.com/latestresults/index.htm The top performers:
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Panel chairman Dominic Roskrow added. “Duncan Taylor is without doubt one of the most precious jewels in the crown of Scottish whisky. A national treasure and we should try and keep as much of it for ourselves as possible!”
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 Duncan Taylor Strathisla 37 year old has been awarded overall winner in the prestigious Scottish Field Whisky Merchants’ Challenge Award 2005/6 at a ceremony today in Edinburgh’s Old Town. The Scottish Whisky Heritage Centre was the venue which saw multi-award winners Duncan Taylor & Co. pick up the ‘Overall’ award for the second year running. This is the first in the challenges history, that the same company has consecutively won the overall winner award. In 2004, the privately owned company also fought off stiff competition from Scotland’s leading whisky distillers and independent bottlers to become the proud supplier of the first ever grain whisky to be awarded the highly coveted title. Pitted head-to-head in a blind test against some of Scotland’s finest malts, Duncan Taylor’s bottling of Strathisla 1968 impressed the expert judging panel on nose, taste & finish. Keir Sword of Royal Mile Whiskies and one of judging panel commented. “Very appealing aromas – a cracking winter dram.” “Very promising nose – Wow! Big taste which lives up to the nose. A perfect after dinner malt. I must remember to get a bottle of this!” added Regis Lemaitre, former Bar Manager of Gleneagles Hotel. Duncan Taylor’s Caol Ila 12 year old, part of the Whisky Galore range, was also awarded a Gold in the 10 to 14 year old single malt whisky category in the August challenge. Euan Shand, co-owner of Duncan Taylor commented. "We are of course delighted that our commitment to working only with Scotland’s leading distilleries, using the finest casks available, adopting rigorous cask husbandry and creating ideal warehouse conditions has resulted in even more awards for our whiskies. Duncan Taylor has a reputation for quality that dates back to its inception in 1938 and we are proud to maintain this gold standard for generations to come.” Archie MacKenzie, Editorial Director of Scottish Field added. “The Scottish Field Awards for Duncan Taylor’s Strathisla and Caol Ila are a testament to Duncan Taylor’s innovation, yet respect for tradition, in this hugely competitive market." |
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 Duncan Taylor Strathisla 1968 Single Malt |
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We were delighted to scoop yet more awards at the recent Whisky Magazine Independent Bottlers Challenge. A tough field saw Duncan Taylor win 3 Golds, 3 Silver Medals and a Bronze - another impressive haul adding to the recent victories in the International wine and spirits competitions. The awards also highlighted Duncan Taylor’s speciality with all gold medals coming in the over 19-year old whiskies. |
The three Gold Medallists were DT Carsebridge 1975 (Gold medal, Mainland - Non Speyside – 19 years plus). This is yet more evidence if any further evidence was required that single grain whisky is growing in popularity and that, if grain is left to mature in quality casks, then it truly is outstanding whisky. Our DT Benriach 1967 that was so highly praised at several whisky fairs this year (particularly in Limburg) was another Gold Medal winner this time in the Speyside over 19-year old category – it is a truly stunning whisky. Our third Gold medal came in the Lowland category again in the over 19-year old section with the Rarest of the Rare Collection 1978 Inverleven - a stunningly soft and creamy whisky. |
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Duncan Taylor were delighted to receive 4 IWSC awards. The International Wine and Spirits Competition is one of the most highly regarded Wine and Spirits Competition in the world and competition was of the highest standard with many of the most famous whisky brands in the world taking part. |
These successes clearly show the recognition that the quality of the whiskies deserve and adds to the companies previous victories in the Scottish Field Merchants Challenge. |
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Duncan Taylor were awarded two Gold medals, one for the ever successfull Invergordon 1965 (Single Grain Cask Strength - 40 YO) and one for the MacDuff 1969 Sherry Cask (Single Malt - Highland - Cask Strength 30-35 YO). Not only did both whiskies win Gold medals they were also awarded Best in class meaning that they were the best whiskies in their category.
To add to this Duncan Taylor also had success with two silver medals one for Duncan Taylor's Auld Blended 35yo (Scotch Whisky - Deluxe Blend - 30-35 YO Award) and a further Silver for the long lost Rarest of The Rare Mosstowie 1975 (Single Malt - Speyside - 27-29 YO).
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The competition included Glenfarclas 15yo, Balvenie 15yo, Highland Park 15yo and Ardbeg Uigeadail. "Fresh sea breeze, smoky, damp timber, citrus traces and vanilla. Water releases hay and grass, softness and creaminess, apricots and mints. Smoky, fresh and very pleasing!" Regis Lemaitre - Gleneagles Hotel. This victory is the third on the trot following success for the Strathisla 1967 in the over 26yo category and the 1965 Invergordon's overall victory. |
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We are delighted to announce our Scottish Field Whisky Merchants’ Challenge 2005 Overall Gold Medal Win with the Duncan Taylor INVERGORDON 1965 38-year-old Single Grain Whisky!
Amongst the 144 whiskies blindtasted and scored, our Invergordon won the best award any whisky company would have dreamt of! This award is even more impressive because our Invergordon was the only Single Grain whisky amongst all the Single Malts!
Duncan Taylor Strathisla 1967 was awarded the bronze medal in the over £50 category. |
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Duncan Taylor's Invergordon 38yoGentle Giant Award (Best un-peated, un-sherried and un-finished bottling): Invergordon 38yo 1965/2004 (51.6%, Duncan Taylor, Cask #15537, 254 Bottles). Who would have ever thought a 'simple' grain whisky could beat dozens and dozens of single malts? |
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Taylor & Co Ltd recieved another award at the
2004 Grampian Food & Drink Innovation Awards.
The Duncan Taylor Cask Strength Collection was given a Highly Commended award. Left: Nathalie Desmedt Export Assistant and newest member of the DTC team with the certificate. |
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Success for Duncan Taylor & Co Ltd in the prestigious "Grampian Food & Drink Innovation Awards". The company received 2 Gold Awards for Product Innovation and Export Innovation for our Range of Cask Strength Single Malt and Single Grain Scotch Whiskies. The judges stated that they were hugely impressed with the quality of the product, the innovative design and the marketing of the product. |
The Duncan Taylor Cask Strength Range has also gone through to the final of the"Scottish Food & Drink Excellence Awards 2003" hosted by Scottish Enterprise and The Royal and Highland Agricultural Society of Scotland. |
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