Craigellachie ni uruganda rwa kera rwa Scotch whisky ruzwiho gukoresha amasafuriya y'inyonyo mu gukonjesha whisky, ibyo bikaba bitanga umwuka mwiza icyo bita uburyohe bw'inyongera n'"imiterere y'imitsi" yihariye. Ni muri utwo dusafuriya tw'inyonyo twakozwemo icyegeranyo gishya, hakoreshejwe "amasafuriya yo muri urwo ruganda akora ubwoko 'bw'umwuka' buremereye bushobora kugaragaza imiterere yihariye ya whisky imwe ya malt."
Dukurikije abantu bayikurikira, Craigellachie Cask Collection nshya yatangiye ikoresheje whisky y'imyaka 13 ikomoka mu ruganda rw'ibinyobwa. Yabanje gusaza mu giti cya American oak - uruvange rw'udusanduku twa bourbon twongeye gushya - hanyuma imara umwaka urenga mu dusanduku twa Bas-Armagnac two mu majyaruguru ya Gascony, mu Bufaransa, mu bihe bibiri bya mbere byo gukura.
“Craigellachie ni malt ikomeye kandi itekereza cyane; yuzuye kandi ifite inyama, bityo twakoresheje ubwo bwoko bw’ibigega kugira ngo twuzuze kandi twongere imiterere y’uruganda rwa divayi, aho kuyihisha kugira ngo irusheho kugira uburyohe n’ubwiza,” ibi ni ibyatangajwe na Stephanie Macleod, umuhanga mu by’ubunyobwa bwa Craigellachie, mu itangazo ryateguwe.
Ikunze gupfukiranwa na Cognac, Armagnac ivugwa ko ari "brandi ishaje kandi yihariye y'Abafaransa ifite uburyo bwayo gakondo bwo kuyikora. Ivangwa rimwe gusa binyuze mu byuma bikomeza byubatswe ku bushake, mu bihe byinshi, hakoreshejwe uburyo gakondo bwa Alembic Armagnaçaise; lisansi ikoreshwa mu nkwi iracyagenewe kujyanwa mu mirima mito ikora Armagnac. Bitandukanye n'izindi nzoga nyinshi, abakora Armagnac ntibagabanya mu gihe cyose cyo kuyitunganya, kandi kuyibika akenshi bikuraho ibintu bihindagurika, bityo bigaha inzoga imiterere n'ubuhanga bwinshi.
“Nubwo Armagnac ikiri ntoya mu ntangiriro, iraryoherwa n’umuriro n’ubutaka. Ariko nyuma y’imyaka ibarirwa muri za mirongo imaze ishaje mu bigega by’ibiti by’umukara byo mu Bufaransa, umwuka wayo uragabanuka kandi woroshye, kandi ntugaragara cyane.”
Itsinda ry’inganda zikora divayi ryasanze uburyohe bukomeye bwa Craigellachie burimo ubushyuhe bw’amapera atetse kandi buvanzemo sinamoni. Uburyohe bwinshi bwa caramel shortbread buterwa n’impumuro nziza y’inanasi n’impumuro y’ijoro y’umuriro ushyushye.
Armagnac y'imyaka 13 ya Craigellachie ishyirwa mu macupa kuri 46% ABV kandi ifite igiciro cya £52.99/€49.99/$65. Iyi nyoni izatangira gukoreshwa mu Bwongereza, mu Budage no mu Bufaransa muri uku kwezi, mbere yo kuyikoresha muri Amerika na Tayiwani mu mpera z'uyu mwaka.
Mu by’ukuri, igikoresho cy’imbogo ni ubwoko bwa kondensateri, izwi kandi nka kondensateri ya koili. "Worm" ni ijambo rya kera ry’Icyongereza risobanura inzoka, izina ry’umwimerere rya koili. Uburyo gakondo bwo guhindura umwuka wa alcool wongera kuba amazi, ukuboko kw’insinga hejuru y’icyuma gifunganye n’umuyoboro muremure w’umuringa (worm) wicaye mu ndobo nini y’amazi akonje (indobo). Iyi miyoboro miremire y’umuringa irazunguruka ijya inyuma n’inyuma, buhoro buhoro igenda igabanuka. Uko umwuka umanuka mu muyogo, usubira mu buryo bw’amazi.
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