Glenmorangie's Pride 1981 Tasting Dinner At $3600 A Bottle
Glenmorangie's head distiller, Dr. Bill Lumsden, was recently in Las Vegas for a dinner at Pierre Gagnaire's Twist restaurant to unveil their latest creation, Pride 1981. Retailing at $3600 per bottle, the Scotch was aged 30 years.
Online, May 4, 2011 (Newswire.com) - Glenmorangie's Head of Distilling and Whiskey Creation, Dr. Bill Lumsden, was in town last week to launch his newest product, the $3600 a bottle Single Malt that the distillery has named Pride. Pride was aged nearly 30 years, the last three in Chateau d'Yquem barrels. It's an amazing product, with an amazing price.
Dr. Bill, a youthful 51-year old with a brogue you couldn't cut with a cheese knife, collaborated on the media dinner at Twist, with famed chef Pierre Gagnaire at the stoves. The dinner's purpose was to pair various Scotches with a multi-course French feast. The dinner worked beyond almost everyone's expectations.
The media came out in force for the dinner, journos from all over the USA, here for the launch. The following morning, I interviewed Dr. Bill in his suite at the Mandarin Oriental, but before I get to that, excerpts from the dinner.
"Glenmorangie Pride is a marriage between Scotland and France", he said, referring to the fact that the Scotch is finished for three years in Chateau d'Yquem barrels. Yquem is the world's most famous dessert wine, a Sauternes, and the distillery pays a pretty penny for the barrels in order to realize Lumsden's vision.
The Baccarat Crystal decanter was designed by Laurence Brabant. Ms. Brabant is one of the world's foremost glass designers. She has worked with Philippe Starck and Jean-Paul Gautier, among others. Her most famous design which spawned a number of knock-offs (always a judge of good design) was the red wine (verre rouge) glass with hollow stem.
Dutch Designer Wouter Schueblin designed the coffret for the Pride bottle. An up-and-coming designer graduate from Eindoven, the coffret has a novel mechanism that presents the bottle when opened. Mr. Schueblin has designed product for Established and Sons, among others.
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