Old Pulteney Polaris by BrandishCreative

OLD PULTENEY POLARIS IS AN EXTRAORDINARILY RARE, ONE-OF-A-KIND 47-YEAR-OLD SINGLE MALT, AVAILABLE EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH THE DISTILLERS ONE OF ONE AUCTION. PRESENTED IN A STRIKING 1.5-LITRE BOTTLE, IT COMES COMPLETE WITH A 100ML TASTING SAMPLE.

THIS NEVER-TO-BE-REPEATED ART PIECE TAKES INSPIRATION FROM THE PICTURESQUE COASTLINE OF OLD PULTENEY’S WINDSWEPT HOME IN THE FAR NORTH SCOTTISH COAST.

AS THE OLDEST EVER RELEASE FROM THE DISTILLERY, OLD PULTENEY POLARIS, NAMED AFTER THE STEADFAST NORTH STAR, MARKS A BOLD NEW DIRECTION FOR OLD PULTENEY AHEAD OF OUR 200TH ANNIVERSARY IN 2026.

OLD PULTENEY POLARIS HAS BEEN EXPERTLY DESIGNED AND CRAFTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LOCAL ARTISANS USING SPECIALIST MATERIALS SOURCED CLOSE TO OLD PULTENEY’S HOME.

THIS WORK OF ART OFFERS A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO OWN A PIECE OF THE DISTILLERY'S HERITAGE THROUGH A HIDDEN COPPER DISC TO THE BASE OF THE BOTTLE, CAREFULLY RECLAIMED FROM AN OLD PULTENEY STILL.

SOTHEBY'S LOT VALUE ESTIMATION - £26,000 - £40,000

THE WHISKY

THE EXTRAORDINARY WHISKY THAT SITS WITHIN THIS UNIQUE ART PIECE IS AN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE 47-YEAR-OLD SINGLE MALT SCOTCH WHISKY, THE DISTILLERY’S OLDEST RELEASE TO DATE. DISTILLED AND AGED AT OLD PULTENEY’S HOME IN WICK ON THE FAR NORTH SCOTTISH COAST, THE SEA-SALTY AIR WEATHERED THESE CASKS TO CREATE A WHISKY OF AUTHENTIC MARITIME CHARACTER THAT IS UNPARALLELED.

THIS LUXURIOUS SINGLE MALT HAS BEEN CAREFULLY RESTED FOR FOUR DECADES IN AMERICAN OAK EX-BOURBON CASKS BEFORE AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF REFINEMENT IN A METICULOUSLY SELECTED SINGLE FIRST-FILL SPANISH OAK BUTT FOR SEVEN YEARS TO GRANT THIS WHISKY ITS ELEGANT COMPLEXITY.

THIS WHISKY, OF INSURMOUNTABLE DEPTH, BOASTS COMPLEX AROMAS OF SEA SPRAY THAT THE MARITIME MALT IS RENOWNED FOR. ON THE PALATE, DELICATE FLAVOURS OF VANILLA AND SWEET CINNAMON PASTRY COME TO THE FORE AND ARE BEAUTIFULLY INTERTWINED WITH NOTES OF SCOTTISH TABLET AND DARK CHOCOLATE BEFORE ENDING WITH A LINGERING SWEET FINISH.

“OLD PULTENEY POLARIS GLOWS RICH AMBER WITH BURNISHED GOLD HIGHLIGHTS. THE FIRST WAVE OF AROMAS OPENS WITH A BOLD COASTAL NOSE OF SEA SPRAY, MOLASSES CAKE, NUTMEG, AND DEEP OAK, BEFORE REVEALING LAYERS OF VANILLA, ESPRESSO FOAM, AND HINTS OF BAKED APPLE AND PEPPERMINT. ON THE PALATE, IT’S SILKY AND VIBRANT, WITH SCOTTISH

TABLET, CITRUS PEEL, AND A ROLLING WAVE OF GRILLED PINEAPPLE, CHERRY CAKE, AND TOASTED SPICE, ALL CARRIED BY A MINERAL BACKBONE. THE FINISH IS INDULGENT AND LINGERING, MERGING DARK CHOCOLATE AND COFFEE WITH SOFT OAK, CLOTTED CREAM, AND A FINAL LIFT OF WHITE CHOCOLATE AND NUTMEG.”

AWARD-WINNING WHISKY WRITER, JONNY MCCORMICK

“THIS DEEP AMBER WHISKY OPENS WITH A CAPTIVATING NOSE OF LUXURIOUS STONE FRUITS,

CITRUS ZEST, AND A COMPLEX EVOLUTION TOWARD OXIDATIVE NOTES LIKE MEDLAR AND COB NUT, LIFTED BY THE SENSATION OF A COOL SEASHORE BREEZE. THE PALATE IS THICK AND WAXY, MINGLING SOFT, LATE-HARVEST FRUIT WITH CEDAR-SPICED TANNINS AND A HINT OF SALINITY, EVOKING A WINDSWEPT CLIFFTOP. A SPLASH OF WATER REVEALS GREATER MINERAL DEPTH AND INCENSE-LIKE SPICE, WHILE THE FINISH SEES THE RETURN OF FRUIT AFTER THE SALTINESS FADES – MATURE AND BALANCED.”

WHISKY EXPERT & WRITER, DAVE BROOM

THE DESIGN

OLD PULTENEY POLARIS HAS BEEN EXPERTLY DESIGNED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LOCAL ARTISANS AND CRAFTED USING SPECIALIST MATERIALS SOURCED CLOSE TO OLD PULTENEY’S HOME.

ELEGANTLY PRESENTED WITHIN A STRIKING DESIGN WHICH CAPTURES THE GRANDEUR OF THE CAITHNESS

COASTLINE, THIS EXCEPTIONALLY RARE WHISKY IS HOUSED WITHIN A HAND-BLOWN, BLUE GLASS BOTTLE WHICH HAS BEEN DESIGNED AND CREATED BY TAIN-BASED GLASS MERCHANT, GLASSTORM.

ARTISTIC INCISO CUTS CREATE A RIPPLED EFFECT AROUND THE GLASSWARE, EVOKING THE TEMPESTUOUS WATERS OF THE NORTH SEA. THE PIECE IS INTRICATELY ENCASED WITHIN A DRAMATIC CAITHNESS SLATE STRUCTURE FROM NORSE STONE, SYMBOLISING THE ENDURING CLIFFS WHICH SURROUND OLD PULTENEY’S HOME.

FURTHER DEEPENING THE STORY OF THIS CREATION IS THE MASTERFUL INTEGRATION OF COPPER AND SILVER

WITHIN THE OUTER SLATE CASING – SEAMLESSLY WOVEN INTO THE EXQUISITE ONE-OFF ART PIECE BY LOCAL JEWELLER, LUCY WOODLEY.

AT THE BASE OF THE SCULPTURE, A SECRET COPPER DISC WHICH HAS BEEN CAREFULLY RECLAIMED FROM AN OLD PULTENEY STILL IS REVEALED. THIS SINGULAR ELEMENT, ONCE BATHED IN THE VAPOURS OF COUNTLESS DISTILLATIONS, NOW LIVES ON AS A TALISMAN OF LEGACY – OFFERING AN UNPRECEDENTED OPPORTUNITY TO OWN A PIECE OF THIS ICONIC DISTILLERY’S HERITAGE.

“THE INSPIRATION FOR OLD PULTENEY POLARIS WAS BORN FROM WALKING ALONG SCOTLAND’S NORTH-EAST COASTLINE, ONLY A STONE’S THROW FROM WICK. WHILE EXPLORING THIS BEAUTIFUL, RUGGED COASTLINE, WE DISCOVERED AMAZING ROCKY SEA STACKS KNOWN LOCALLY AS ‘THIRLE DOOR ARCH’ AND A UNIQUE VIEW THROUGH THIS STRATA WAS FRAMED PERFECTLY – ALMOST LIKE A WINDOW OUT TO THE NORTH SEA. IT WAS THIS PICTURESQUE SETTING THAT INSPIRED THE DESIGN BEHIND POLARIS.”

BRODIE NAIRN AND NICHOLA BURNS, GLASS ARTIST & DESIGNERS AT GLASSTORM