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Ardross Distillery to launch inaugural spirits in 2019
Greenwood Distillers has revealed details of its inaugural spirits range, which will be produced at the new £18 million (US$23m) Ardross Distillery in the Scottish Highlands.
An artist’s impression of The Ardross Distillery in the Scottish Highlands
Highland Council approved plans for an old farm site to be transformed into the Scotch whisky distillery and tasting room in February 2017. The site will begin production this spring.
Greenwood Distillers will launch seven spirits in the UK this year, with the aim of expanding to exports markets including France, Japan and the US by 2020.
The firm’s first product Theodore Gin launched in February this year, with the aim of selling 50,000 bottles of gin in the UK by the end of 2019. The brand’s three-year plan predicts a total of 250,000 bottle sales. Theodore Gin is distilled in a separate gin house on the same site.
Greenwood is also planning to launch a mezcal, Armagnac and Bourbon by spring 2019, as well as a “rare” Scotch whisky by autumn this year.
Located in the Averon Valley, 30 miles north of Inverness, construction of the Ardross Distillery on a private 50-acre site began in November 2017.
The distillery features a still house, tun room, mash house and mill room, which are housed in the main building. It is said to be one of the few distilleries in Scotland to own and manage its own loch.
Greenwood Distillers’ team includes Andrew Rankin as chairman and master blender. With 45 years’ experience, Rankin joined the distillery in 2015 after holding roles at Chivas Brothers and Morrison Bowmore Distillers.
Rankin will manage inventory of maturing Scotch and Bourbon whiskies at the site, as well as oversee the quality, production and maturation of all spirits at the Ardross Distillery and future sites.
Greenwood Distillers founder Barthelemy Brosseau said: “Greenwood Distillers was founded to fulfil a desire to create a global network of distilleries linked by a common respect for spirits and local traditions, but driven by an explorative mindset.
“We have big ambitions for the company and have collaborated with an eclectic team of individuals who are pushing boundaries to create a portfolio of spirits that will deliver these goals. The Ardross Distillery and Theodore Gin are just the beginning of the story.”