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Template:Unreferenced The Classic Malts of Scotland is a selection of six single malt whiskies, launched and marketed together in 1988 by United Distillers and Vintners which is now owned by Diageo. They are often displayed together in bars and liquor stores on special display stands, and the marketing has proved quite successful. The six malts are:

Whisky Age Alc. % Region Bottle
Dalwhinnie 15 years 43% Highland Template:No image
Talisker 10 years 45.8% Isle of Skye Template:No image
Cragganmore 12 years 40% Speyside Cragganmore bootle
Oban 14 years 43% West Highland Template:No image
Lagavulin 16 years 43% Islay Lagavulin
Glenkinchie 12 years 43% Lowland Template:No image
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Six Classic Malts of Scotland box

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Six Classic Malts of Scotland inside the box

UDV's regions differ from the more conventional categorisations of Highland (and subregion Island), Lowland, Speyside, Campbeltown, and Islay. The region of West Highland was created to separate between Oban and Dalwhinnie. Talisker is the only distillery on the Isle of Skye, which has never been a whisky region unto itself, but would be in the Island subregion; though this categorisation enabled UDV to include both Talisker and Lagavulin, strongly flavoured malts with strong followings. Campbeltown's association with the distillation of whisky has greatly subsided over the years, leaving merely three working distilleries in the region, none owned by UDV. The Lowlands have fared little better, leaving only four, of which only Glenkinchie is UDV owned.

Distiller's editions[]

All six of the "Classic Malts" have released limited edition "Distiller's editions", which are finished in special casks selected by the master distiller at each distillery. Dalwhinnie's are finished in Oloroso casks, Glenkinchie in Amontillado, Cragganmore in Port, Oban in Fino sherry from Montilla, Talisker in amoroso sherry, and Lagavulin in Pedro Ximénez sherry.

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