This is a 12 year old release from the Teanninich distillery. Distilled in 2006, matured in a bourbon hogshead and bottled at 54.9% Abv, it comes as part of a collaboration between the bottler Spirit Shop in Taiwan and Sansibar from Germany.

Teanninich

A very mysterious distillery, Teanninich was established in 1817 by Hugh Munro on his estate of Teanninich Castle.The distillery changed hands a number of times and was closed throughout the 2nd world war, but has been owned by DCL (now Diageo) since 1933. It saw a major expansion in 1970 with the installation of 6 stills, new buildings and entirely new equipment installed. It was temporarily mothballed from 1985 to 1991. Much of Teanninich’s 10 million litre output is used in Diageo’s flagship blend Johnnie Walker as well as the dimple blend. There has only ever been 1 official bottling in the form of a 10 year old Flora and Fauna release that debuted in 1992. Despite the high yearly output, it’s very rare to see Teaninich available as a single malt at all, with the only modern offerings coming from independent bottlers.

Spirit Shop Selection

Founded in 2014 by Eric Huang, Spirits Shop Selection is a Taiwanese independent bottler. Huang is Taiwan’s premier whisky expert and has amassed a stunning portfolio of casks and is known throughout the world as Mr Karuizawa, since he stores the world’s remaining stock of the now closed Japanese distillery. Representing the SMWS in Taiwan as well as being a resident host at Whisky Live Taiwan, his eye for top quality whisky cannot be understated. His aim was to build a relationship between the East and West through the sharing of the world’s best spirits. Spirit Shop imports stunning single cask whisky and rum to Taiwan, as well as working with German bottler Sansibar to create their own label. Often incorporating elegant Asian inspired labels, they have recently started a number of new lines utilizing casks they have sourced themselves, 

Sansibar Whisky

Founded in Germany by renowned whisky collector Jens Drewitz, Sansibar Whisky has been supplying the Sansibar restaurant with many fine casks of both whisky and rum for years. Located on the Sylt island just between Germany and Denmark, the restaurant has become a hot retreat for those looking to experience the very best in food, wine and spirits. Jens hand picks almost every cask selected, often directly at the distilleries themselves, before bottling them under the Sansibar brand. Often collaborating with bottlers/importers across the globe, Drewitz has picked some of the worlds finest single casks of whisky and some of the rarest rums money can buy. Sansibar also acts as the importer and distributor of other bottling labels to Germany such as North star and Hidden Spirits.