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MADOC SINGLE MALT WHISKY

THE FIRST CONMEMORATIVE MINIBOTTLE OF THE ARGENTINE MINIBOTTLE
COLLECTORS CLUB

A while ago, in this newsletter, I had the pleasure to introduce the foundation of a new
club dedicated to our hobby in Argentina. During this time, with great enthusiasm and
dedication, important series of activities were carried out and many collectors from all
over the world become members. The peak of all
this will be the "1st International Meeting of the
Argentine Club of Mini Bottle Collectors" held in
Buenos Aires City on August 13th-14th, 2022.
Throughout the weekend, as in other similar
meetings, we will carry out various activities
dedicated to fostering ties between attendees. As
part of the event we have made a commemorative
bottle for our first anniversary.

For this opportunity, a miniature was selected that
contains not only an attractive product for collectors
but also a quality well-made piece that represents
one of the best examples of collectible pieces made
in southern Argentina. It is a miniature bottle of
Madoc single malt whiskey, whose first edition
consisted of five hundred pieces and sold in a very
nice presentation pack with bonbons a couple of
years ago in the Rapanui chocolate stores from our
country. This great
miniature was
made in Dina
Huapi, a locality
sited near the well
known Bariloche
City, Río Negro
province in the
Northwest
Argentine
Patagonia region.

The distillery was
founded in 2015 by
Pablo Tognetti, an
outstanding
experimental physicist. Due to professional reasons, he spent several years living in
Manchester (U.K.), where he had an approach to malts distillation. In Argentina, at the
beginning of the 1980’s, he started making beer to share with his friends. This
knowledge of malts´ distilling evolved into whisky production during the 1990’s.

In 2011 he was one of the creators of La Alazana single malt whisky as reported in
newsletter two earlier this year. However, in 2015 he decided to launch his project of
the craft distilled single malt whiskey depicted in this article. His name “Madoc” is from
the Welsh Prince Madoc that, according to the legend, sailed to America in 1170 to

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