Scotland: Single malt whisky through the producing distilleries: history, making and tasting
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The Ultimate Single Malt Scotch Whisky Selection

About the independent bottler

Sons of a Dutch tobacco broker, Han and Ben Van Wees purchased a licence for a wine and spirit business in 1963. They stopped any activity in relation with tobacco in 1974. In 1963, the brothers van Wees bought the freight of a sunken ship in the port of Rotterdam.
The freight consisted in cars and furnitures, but also in a container full of whisky intended to South America. The quality of this whisky was much higher than the blends which were usually sold on the dutch market. The Van Wees house was the first to import prestigious names like Glen Grant, Macallan and Springbank.
In 1994, an agreement was signed with Andrew Symington, manager of Signatory, for import of the whiskies from this renowned bottler. The idea raised soon in the brains of Han and his son Maurice to market their own bottlings. The series "The Ultimate Single Malt Scotch Whisky Selection' was born.
The casks of the collection are selected by Han and Maurice van Wees. The selection counts whiskies from about 15 distilleries, all over Scotland. All the bottlings are single casks, not chill filtered, and without any colorings adding. The maturation and the bottling happen in Scotland, even if the society is settled in Netherlands.
The prices are competitive.

The whisky

List of the bottles

 
The Ultimate Single Malt selection Ardmore The ultimate single malt collection 1983 2 84/100
The Ultimate Single Malt selection Arran The ultimate single malt collection 1998 1 79/100
The Ultimate Single Malt selection Bladnoch The ultimate single malt collection 1991 3 60/100
The Ultimate Single Malt selection Blair-Athol The ultimate single malt collection 1998 0/100
The Ultimate Single Malt selection Bowmore The Ultimate single malt collection 2000 1 74/100
The Ultimate Single Malt selection Bowmore The Ultimate single malt collection 2002 1 79/100
The Ultimate Single Malt selection Bunnahabhain The Ultimate single malt collection 1997, Heavily peated 1 84/100
The Ultimate Single Malt selection Craigellachie The ultimate single malt collection 1998 1 79/100
The Ultimate Single Malt selection Dailuaine The ultimate single malt collection 1997 0/100
The Ultimate Single Malt selection Dalmore the ultimate single malt collection 1990 1 85/100
The Ultimate Single Malt selection Glen-Grant The ultimate single malt collection 1990 1 84/100
The Ultimate Single Malt selection Glenburgie The ultimate single malt collection 1983 1 79/100
The Ultimate Single Malt selection Glenrothes The ultimate single malt collection 1995 1 84/100
The Ultimate Single Malt selection Glenturret The ultimate single malt collection 1992 1 79/100
The Ultimate Single Malt selection Lagavulin Mystery Islay 1 84/100
The Ultimate Single Malt selection Laphroaig The Ultimate single malt collection 2001 1 79/100
The Ultimate Single Malt selection Linkwood The ultimate single malt collection 1990 1 84/100
The Ultimate Single Malt selection Linkwood The ultimate single malt collection 1998 17 84/100 WDTS2011-02
The Ultimate Single Malt selection Linkwood The ultimate single malt collection 1990 1 79/100
The Ultimate Single Malt selection Longmorn The ultimate single malt collection 1992 1 85/100
The Ultimate Single Malt selection Mortlach The ultimate single malt collection 1990 1 79/100
The Ultimate Single Malt selection Rosebank The ultimate single malt collection 1991 2 63/100
The Ultimate Single Malt selection Tamdhu The ultimate single malt collection 2004 16 86/100 WDTS2011-02
The Ultimate Single Malt selection Rare reserve Dallas-Dhu Rare reserve 1980 0/100
The Ultimate Single Malt selection Rare reserve Glenfarclas Rare reserve 1966 "Mystery Speyside" 0/100