The grand finale in the acclaimed The Dalmore Luminary Series is coming to Australia, The Dalmore Luminary Series
No.3 2025 Edition.

Curated in partnership with V&A Dundee, Scotland’s design museum, it offers two new single malt whiskies, both a co-creation between Ben Dobbin from renowned architecture practice Foster + Partners and The Dalmore’s whisky makers Gregg Glass and Richard Paterson OBE.

The Dalmore Luminary 2025 Edition – The Rare – is an extremely rare Single Malt Whisky Aged 52 Years, the oldest whisky to be released in The Luminary Series. This exceptionally rare whisky will be held in a specially designed decanter, housed within a bespoke sculpture designed by Dobbin and is to be offered at auction by Sotheby’s, in support of partner V&A Dundee.

The Dalmore Luminary No.3 – The Collectible – is a rare Single Malt Whisky Aged 17 Years with bespoke presentation case, inspired by The Rare. Available globally, only 20,000 bottles of this limited edition has been made available, with a limited amount available in Australia from 4 July exclusively at The Whisky Club.

Dobbin’s sculpture that houses The Rare whisky is made of bronze and features dramatic waves and rods, smooth curves and straight lines, and is balanced with precision in dynamic equilibrium.

The Dalmore’s distillers were equally exacting when creating the whiskies and also took inspiration from Dobbin’s personal tastes and preferences into the creative process. ‘The Rare’ is Aged 52 Years with a multi-cask finish in exceptionally rare casks, whilst ‘The Collectible’ is Aged 17 Years and also features a complex multi-cask finish that alludes to the flavour profile of The Rare.

Inspired by conversations with Dobbin, The Dalmore whisky makers revisited a special set of Calvados casks, which the team had the foresight to lay down even before the French brandy was approved as a finish by the Scotch whisky authorities in 2019.

The Dalmore Luminary No.3 – Aged 17 Years is inspired by The Rare and is elegantly housed in a bespoke, fold-out presentation case, which draws inspiration from The Rare sculpture.

Dobbins said: “As an architect, collaborating with The Dalmore has been absolutely fascinating. Technically, it has been a much more precise – yet creative process than I imagined. Gregg thinks about flavour the way I think about art and design.
Spending time at The Dalmore Distillery really shaped my design process and with the sculpture, I wanted to bring to life our shared a sense of place, materiality, and how our worlds bridge.

“I have grown up with a love of whisky, thanks to my father, so was of course excited by the prospect of working with The Dalmore, though admittedly at the same time, it was a bit daunting at first to be working with some of whisky’s greatest taste makers in Richard and Gregg. However, we quickly understood that we experience and articulate in similar ways which made for an authentic and true partnership and resulting creations, which I am immensely proud of.”

Glass said: “Meeting Ben was a true meeting of minds. There are actually many similarities between whisky making and architecture, both being a very iterative process but also striving to create something that stands the test of time.

“We constantly endeavour to make masterpieces of malt and once again I am proud to say that The Dalmore Luminary Series showcases our commitment, whilst staying true to our shared vision and our overarching theme of creative flow and precision, elements important to both of us.”

The Dalmore Luminary No.3 will be available from July 4th exclusively via The Whisky Club with an RRP $550.