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Shackleton Blended Malt Scotch (70cl)

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Shackleton Blended Malt Scotch is based on the spirit supplied to the 1907 British Antarctic Expedition, expertly crafted using a selection of the finest Highland Single Malt Scotch Whiskies.

NOSE

  • vanilla
  • toffee apple
  • cinnamon
  • ginger

TASTE

  • dark sugar
  • sweet dried fruits
  • glazed pineapple

FINISH

  • hot mulled wine
  • praline chocolate
  • a final whisper of bonfire smoke

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£32.50 VAT incl.

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    TypeWhisky & Whiskey
    ProducerWhyte & Mackay
    RegionScotland
    PairingA large Ice Cube
    ABV40%
    Volume70cl

    THE LEGEND
    SIR ERNEST
    SHACKLETON

    To bolster team spirit on his Antarctic expedition (Nimrod, 1907), Sir Ernest Shackleton personally ordered 25 cases of Mackinlay’s Rare Old Highland Malt Whisky.

    EXPLORER. LEADER. LEGEND.

    To bolster team spirit on his Antarctic expedition (Nimrod, 1907), Sir Ernest Shackleton personally ordered 25 cases of Mackinlay’s Rare Old Highland Malt Whisky.

    In 2007, a century after the expedition, three cases of the perfectly preserved whisky were discovered, frozen into the ice beneath Shackleton’s base camp at Cape Royds.

    The whisky was excavated and flown to New Zealand where it was carefully thawed by the New Zealand Antarctic Heritage Trust in a purpose-built environment and public gallery at Canterbury Museum.

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    CREDIT: ANTARCTIC HERITAGE TRUST

    DISCOVERED
    UNDER ICE

    NORWEGIAN TRAINING GROUND

    "...thank you for your courtesy, kindness and the help you have given us; and to say that when the Expedition is over we hope to come again to the joys of Finse". - Sir Ernest Shackleton

    Finse, a small town 1,222 metres above sea level in Norway, is an expanse of snow and ice on the Hardangervidda mountain plateau, used by the explorers of the Heroic Era as a training camp for Antarctic expeditions.

    Sir Ernest Shackleton used this ‘miniature Antarctica’ to test much of his equipment, including clothing, newly designed dome tents and aerosledges, complete with 9 foot wooden propellers.

    As Sir Ernest was put through his paces at Finse. he wrote to his wife: “I am rather tired but really splendidly fit.” (May 1914)

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    TRIUMPH OVER ADVERSITY

    Sir Ernest Shackleton is known as much for his camaraderie and leadership as he is for his adventurous spirit. In 1907, he set sail on his ship, the Nimrod, to lead his first expedition. A quest with one goal, to become the first man to reach the South Pole, Sir Ernest and his team reached further south than anyone before them – but on January 9th 1909, faced with bitter winds and an exhausted crew, he turned back rather than risk the lives of his team. 

    In 1914, he set off again, this time his sights set on traversing Antarctica for the first time. His ship, the Endurance, was frozen and crushed in the ice. With five men, Sir Ernest took a small rescue boat and sailed 720 nautical miles in treacherous conditions across the freezing ocean to South Georgia, then traversed the mountain range to a whaling station. From here, he chartered a rescue ship back to his waiting crew, returning all of his men safely home. This feat of strength became known as one of the greatest survival stories of all time. 

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    CREDIT: ANTARCTIC HERITAGE TRUST

    SERVED OVER ICE

    It was with whisky that Sir Ernest brought his crew together to toast wives and sweethearts, celebrate birthdays and above all foster a sense of team spirit that led them to succeed against the hardest of odds.

    After its discovery frozen in the ice, world renowned Master Blender, Richard Paterson, carried out painstaking analysis to re-create this antique whisky, and used this as the foundation to create Shackleton – a modern Blended Malt with ice in its DNA.

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    Shackleton Blended Malt Scotch (70cl)

    Shackleton Blended Malt Scotch (70cl)

    Shackleton Blended Malt Scotch is based on the spirit supplied to the 1907 British Antarctic Expedition, expertly crafted using a selection of the finest Highland Single Malt Scotch Whiskies.

    NOSE

    • vanilla
    • toffee apple
    • cinnamon
    • ginger

    TASTE

    • dark sugar
    • sweet dried fruits
    • glazed pineapple

    FINISH

    • hot mulled wine
    • praline chocolate
    • a final whisper of bonfire smoke

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