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Glenrothes 1995 Speyside Single Malt Scotch. ing been aged in sherry wood. The recent vintage release — The Glenrothes 1995 Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky — was their first malt specifically laid in casks with the intention of becoming one of these vintagedated releases. About 30% of its malts were aged in American sherry oak and first fill Spanish sherry wood. Glenrothes' parent company, Berry Bros. & Rudd, has also unveiled the extremely limited release Glenrothes Extraordinary Cask. Barreled in July 6, 1970, the malt is bottled in a hand-blown, lead crystal decanter created at Atlantis Crystal in Portugal and mounted on a Scottish Oak plinth with a custom leather carrying case. One reason for its limited supply is that the ex-bourbon oak barrel lost half of its original con- tents through evaporation. The whisky is priced at $5,000. "The head of the stopper is actually fashioned from the very barrel that the whisky came from—cask #10573," comments David King, president of San Francisco's Anchor Distilling Company and Glenrothes importer. "Each hand-numbered bottle comes with a polished brass plaque engraved with year 1970. This extraordinary single malt whisky from Speyside will carve a coveted notch in the belt of a discerning high-end whisky collector." Sales in the U.S. of The Glenfiddich rose 11.7% between 2011 and 2012. To commemorate the 125th anniversary of the Glenfiddich in 2012, the distillery's sixth Malt Master The Brian Kinsman introGlenfiddich The Malt Malt Master's duced Edition. Master's Edition, a (Thousands 9-Liter Cases) Brand Type Supplier 2011 House of Dewar's . . . . .FB . . . . . . . . . . . . .Bacardi USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,170 Johnnie Walker Black . .FB . . . . . . . . . . . . .Diageo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .810 Johnnie Walker Red . . .FB . . . . . . . . . . . . .Diageo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .705 Chivas Regal . . . . . . . .FB . . . . . . . . . . . . .Pernod Ricard USA . . . . . . . . .397 Buchanan . . . . . . . . . .FB . . . . . . . . . . . . .Diageo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .235 Total Leading Foreign Bottled Scotch Brands 3,317 2012 . . . . . . . . . . .1,199 . . . . . . . . . . . .835 . . . . . . . . . . .705 . . . . . . . . . . . .393 . . . . . . . . . . . .278 3,410 11/12 % Chg . . . . . . . . . .2.5% . . . . . . . . . . .3.1% . . . . . . . . . .0.0% . . . . . . . . . .-1.0% . . . . . . . . . .18.3% 2.8% Clan MacGregor . . . . .USB . . . . . . . . . . Scoresby . . . . . . . . . . .USB . . . . . . . . . . Inver House . . . . . . . . .USB . . . . . . . . . . Cluny . . . . . . . . . . . . .USB . . . . . . . . . . Old Smuggler . . . . . . .USB . . . . . . . . . . Total Leading U.S. Bottled Scotch Brands .William Grant & Sons . . . . . . .540 .Diageo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .250 .Sazerac . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .205 .Whyte & Mackay . . . . . . . . . . .180 .Shaw-Ross Int'l Importers . . . . . .152 1,327 . . . . . . . . . . . .508 . . . . . . . . . . .245 . . . . . . . . . . .205 . . . . . . . . . . . .175 . . . . . . . . . . . .152 1,285 . . . . . . . . . .-5.9% . . . . . . . . . .-2.0% . . . . . . . . . .0.0% . . . . . . . . . .-2.8% . . . . . . . . . .0.0% -3.2% Pernod Ricard USA . . . . . . . . . .331 Remy Cointreau USA . . . . . . . .146 William Grant & Sons . . . . . . . .120 Moet Hennessy USA . . . . . . . . .60 William Grant & Sons . . . . . . . . .61 718 . . . . . . . . . . . .356 . . . . . . . . . . 7.6% . . . . . . . . . . . .159 . . . . . . . . . . 8.9% . . . . . . . . . . . .134 . . . . . . . . . . 11.7% . . . . . . . . . . . . .75 . . . . . . . . . 25.0% . . . . . . . . . . . . .71 . . . . . . . . . . 16.4% 795 10.7% The Glenlivet . . . . The Macallan . . . . Glenfiddich . . . . . . Glenmorangie . . . . The Balvenie . . . . . Total Leading Single . . .SM . . . . . . .SM . . . . . . .SM . . . . . . .SM . . . . . . .SM . . . . Malt Scotch ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... Brands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Total Leading Scotch Brands Others Total Scotch Whisky FB=Foreign Bottled; USB=U.S. Bottled; SM=Single Malts. (p) Preliminary. 60 • Beverage Dynamics • www.beveragedynamics.com • March/April 2013 5,362 3,193 8,555 p 5,490 3,080 8,570 2.4% -3.5% 0.2%