Shkodër · Albania · MMXIV

Whisky froma quietermountain.

Distilled in the Drin valley. Matured beneath the Accursed Mountains. Finished in casks of Kallmet — Albania’s indigenous red.

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Manifesto · 001

Not Scottish. Not Irish. Not pretending. A whisky shaped by Albanian water, Albanian oak, and a valley nobody talks about  yet. 

Cold water from the Accursed Mountains.
Act I
Provenance · Act I

Cold water from the Accursed Mountains.

We draw from the Drin, fed by snowfields of the Bjeshkët e Nemuna. Soft, mineral, slow.

Quiet oak in a stone warehouse.
Act II
Provenance · Act II

Quiet oak in a stone warehouse.

A maturation room cut into the hillside. Temperature swings are small. The whisky learns patience.

A Kallmet finish — unmistakeably Albanian.
Act III
Provenance · Act III

A Kallmet finish — unmistakeably Albanian.

We finish in casks that held Kallmet, the dark indigenous red of the Drin valley. The last step makes the difference.

Decanter — Genuinely different
Club Oenologique — The Kallmet finish is the most interesting thing in European whisky
The World of Fine Spirits — Quietly excellent
Whisky Advocate — Bottled with restraint
Imbibe — Albanian terroir on the palate
Decanter — Genuinely different
Club Oenologique — The Kallmet finish is the most interesting thing in European whisky
The World of Fine Spirits — Quietly excellent
Whisky Advocate — Bottled with restraint
Imbibe — Albanian terroir on the palate
Gifting

For the giver who reads the label.

Walnut box, copper hinges, three of our core expressions in 200ml. Engraving available at checkout.

From €96
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Bottled in Albania
Distilled & matured in Shkodër
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