Old Pulteney
Old Pulteney is a distillery from the far north of the Scottish Highlands that has been producing very characteristic and expressive scotch whisky, with great personality, for 200 years. It is an ancient urban distillery, a term that identifies those distilleries located in city centers, specifically that of the small town of Wick. This production reality was founded in 1826 by James Henderson and was named in honor of the then newly developed district of Pulteneytown, where it is still located today. At the time, the distillery, which still represents the northernmost on the Scottish mainland, was not accessible internally due to the lack of adequate roads, and for this reason, the incoming barley and outgoing whisky were transported exclusively by boat.
The whiskies from the Old Pulteney distillery are produced from pure malted barley, processed inside the warehouse in the harsh climate of the northernmost part of Scotland, influenced by strong and cold ocean winds.After the milling and mashing operations, the so-called mash is placed to ferment for about 60 hours in stainless steel tanks. The mass is then distilled in two copper stills, one wash still and one spirit still, the latter, very old, characterized by a tall shape without a swan neck. The subsequent prolonged aging, which can last up to 25 years, takes place in fine Spanish and American oak barrels previously used for bourbon maturation, stored inside the warehouse at low temperatures and high humidity. The water used in the production process is drawn from the nearby Loch Hempriggs, a lake characterized by pure and particularly soft water, ideal for the mashing and fermentation phases.
The production of the Old Pulteney distillery encompasses single malt scotch whisky with a complex and salty taste, an authentic maritime expression of the northern Highlands. Not surprisingly, the whiskies are often labeled with the term ‘Maritime Malt’, emphasizing the strong link between thedistillery and the Nordic Ocean.
Old Pulteney is a distillery from the far north of the Scottish Highlands that has been producing very characteristic and expressive scotch whisky, with great personality, for 200 years. It is an ancient urban distillery, a term that identifies those distilleries located in city centers, specifically that of the small town of Wick. This production reality was founded in 1826 by James Henderson and was named in honor of the then newly developed district of Pulteneytown, where it is still located today. At the time, the distillery, which still represents the northernmost on the Scottish mainland, was not accessible internally due to the lack of adequate roads, and for this reason, the incoming barley and outgoing whisky were transported exclusively by boat.
The whiskies from the Old Pulteney distillery are produced from pure malted barley, processed inside the warehouse in the harsh climate of the northernmost part of Scotland, influenced by strong and cold ocean winds.After the milling and mashing operations, the so-called mash is placed to ferment for about 60 hours in stainless steel tanks. The mass is then distilled in two copper stills, one wash still and one spirit still, the latter, very old, characterized by a tall shape without a swan neck. The subsequent prolonged aging, which can last up to 25 years, takes place in fine Spanish and American oak barrels previously used for bourbon maturation, stored inside the warehouse at low temperatures and high humidity. The water used in the production process is drawn from the nearby Loch Hempriggs, a lake characterized by pure and particularly soft water, ideal for the mashing and fermentation phases.
The production of the Old Pulteney distillery encompasses single malt scotch whisky with a complex and salty taste, an authentic maritime expression of the northern Highlands. Not surprisingly, the whiskies are often labeled with the term ‘Maritime Malt’, emphasizing the strong link between thedistillery and the Nordic Ocean.
