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Signatory Orkney (HP) 18 Year 55.0%

Signatory Orkney (HP) 18 Year 55.0%

$309.99

This whisky was featured on Day 1 of our 2024 KWM Not An Advent Calendar Tastings! You can read more about the whisky here.

These 18 year old sherry bomb Highland Parks have been a hit... we can't wait to see if this one lives up to expectations. Matured in a 1st Fill Oloroso Sherry Butt, this 2005 vintage Orkney single malt has been bottled after 18 years at 55.0%.

Distilled in 2005. Cask number DRU17 A63 #29. One of 608 bottles for the world.

700 ml
Region:Scotland > Islands
Vintage:2005
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Evan’s Tasting Note

Nose: Apple pie, marmalade, salted caramel, dates and other dried fruits drizzled with honey, salty buttered biscuits fresh from the oven, a dash of balsamic vinegar, embers smouldering away in a campfire, and a distant note of brimstone.

Palate: More salted caramel and marmalade, almonds coated with chili lime seasoning, golden raisins, milk chocolate, orange pekoe tea with honey, plus slight oregano and basil herbal notes and again a distant fire and brimstone lead smoke.

Finish: Sweet and peppery heat with more coastal notes and a touch of dark chocolate and dried fruits on the fade.

Comment: Absolutely delicious. A fantastic combination of sweet and spicy notes melding together with a earthy, volcanic heat and coastal notes.

Signatory Vintage was established in 1988 by Andrew Symington. The quality of whiskies released by most Independent Bottlers can vary a lot, and be rather hit or miss. Signatory Vintage is an exception to this, and we have consistently been impressed by the quality of its offerings. Accordingly Signatory Vintage has been a staple in our shop for more than a decade.

One of the reasons for Signatory's consistently high level of quality is that it doesn't bottle casks in the hand-to-mouth fashion, of many other independent bottlers. But rather it purchases parcels of casks, storing them in their own warehouses, while patiently waiting for the whiskies to mature.

Originally located in Edinburgh, the business was moved to Pitlochry in 2002, after Symington purchased the Edradour Distillery from Pernod Ricard. Edradour is tucked into the hills above the scenic Highland town of Pitlochry. This farm distillery has a charming, rustic, and understated esthetic, which was maintained by Symington when building a new bottling facility and warehousing.

The distillery bottles single cask and small batch bottlings of both single malts and single grains. Its ranges include the Un-Chill Filtered and Cask Strength Collections. In 1988 the firm celebrated its 30th Anniversary with a range of specially chosen, exceptionally rare single casks.

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