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Réputée pour sa production \u003cstrong\u003ede whisky de grain\u003c\/strong\u003e très demandé, essentiel au secteur naissant \u003cstrong\u003ede l\u0026#39;assemblage\u003c\/strong\u003e , Caledonian a fourni des pionniers comme \u003cstrong\u003eAndrew Usher\u003c\/strong\u003e , figure clé de l\u0026#39;innovation dans le \u003cstrong\u003edomaine du whisky écossais d\u0026#39;assemblage\u003c\/strong\u003e . À son apogée, la distillerie était une entreprise colossale qui a largement contribué au patrimoine du whisky écossais. Bien qu\u0026#39;elle ait fermé ses portes en \u003cstrong\u003e1988\u003c\/strong\u003e et que le site ait été par la suite réaménagé en \u003cstrong\u003elogements et en espaces commerciaux\u003c\/strong\u003e , la \u003cstrong\u003edistillerie Caledonian\u003c\/strong\u003e demeure un élément central de \u003cstrong\u003el\u0026#39;histoire du whisky d\u0026#39;Édimbourg\u003c\/strong\u003e , témoignant du riche passé industriel de la ville et de son héritage durable sur le marché mondial du whisky.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"caledonian-39-year-old-1980-private-collection","title":"Caledonian 39 Year Old 1980 Private Collection","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"464\"\u003eCaledonian 39 Year Old 1980 Private Collection is an exceptionally rare Lowland single grain Scotch whisky, bottled by \u003cspan class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"whitespace-normal\"\u003eGordon \u0026amp; MacPhail\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e as part of their ultra-premium Private Collection series. Distilled on 3rd August 1980 and matured for nearly four decades in a single refill American hogshead (#92569), this remarkable expression was bottled on 13th August 2020 at natural cask strength, with just 111 hand-blown crystal decanters produced.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"466\" data-end=\"813\"\u003eDistilled at the now-closed \u003cspan class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"whitespace-normal\"\u003eCaledonian Distillery\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e, this long-aged single grain whisky showcases the elegance and complexity that extended maturation can bring. 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