BenRiach 13 Year Peated Madeira Finish
$62.99
This is an older BenRiach release that is no longer available.
Latin for "smoky Madeira" this 13 year old heavily peated expression of BenRiach as matured in Ex-Bourbon barrels before finishing in Madeira wine casks. The whisky has been bottled at 46% without colouring or chill-filtering.
Distiller's Tasting Note
Nose: Rich peat reek with vanilla, cocoa, spices and tropical fruits.
Taste: An avalanche of bitter sweet peat and smoke, in harmony with citrus, butterscotch, peaches and cinnamon.
anCnoc Peter Arkle 4
$84.99
The fourth release in the Peter Arkle Collection is exclusive to KWM in Calgary. The artwork on the tube and bottled was created by Scottish artist Peter Arkle, as inspired by his visits to the distillery and its whisky!
From the Distillery: "The warehouses at Knockdhu have been guarding the secret magic that is happening inside them for many years. They don't just protect the liquid while it matures but actually add to that maturation process. anCnoc would not be anCnoc without these buildings."
Distiller's Tasting Note
Nose: This dram has top notes of cut flowers and lemon meringue. It opens up to honey sweetness, creamy vanilla and a touch of sherry spice.
Taste: Rich and firm-textured, sweet flavours of raisins and honey, followed by orange peel and fresh custard topped with hot toffee. The finish is long, sweet, spicy and full of dried fruit and caramel.
Cadenhead Small Batch Auchroisk 2001
$82.79
Bottled at 46% with its natural colouring and without chillfiltering, this 13 year old Speyside whisky is exclusive to KWM. Cadenhead is Scotland's oldest Independent Bottler, today it is a subsidiary of Springbank Distillery's parent company. Just 30 bottles have come to Canada.
Producer's Tasting Note
Nose: Wow a fruity banquet welcomes your nose to lemon and dried bananas with just a hint of soft white pepper and a rather tantalising note of coriander that opens up to a soft whipped white chocolate mouse with a pineapple drizzle coating.
Palate: Crisp topped vanilla pod creme brûlée with soft sweet sliced apple, juicy raisins with pineapple and fruit salad syrup. The next flavour delivery is a fresh toffee fudge.
Finish: Quite simply the finish is soft and soothing with a rich creaminess with vanilla pods and a slight hint of sweet mint to give the finish a truly lovely sweet freshness.
Cadenhead Small Batch Aberfeldy 1997
$95.39
Bottled in 2015 at 46% with its natural colouring and without Chill-Filtering, this Small Batch Release from Cadenhead, Scotland's oldest Independent Bottleris exclusive to KWM in Canada. Only 24 bottles have come into the market!
Producer's Tasting Note
Nose: The first thing you will notice is a soft fresh cut herbal note with, some green chillies but not the heat! Apple skins and some cinnamon give way to lemon meringue pie.
Palate: The palate arrives with the herbal notes of fresh cut basil and some sage, then we get a fresh cut oak and some soft sweet white fruits with just a dash of orange and maybe lemon zest.
Finish: The finish has a quite dazzling hint of candied dried pineapple with some white chocolate and fresh cut apple notes. Quite a charming little dram that gave the tasting panel a great start to the new 2015 range."
BenRiach 1976 Cask 529
$517.49
This is an older BenRiach Cask release that is no longer available.
This Batch 11 Vintage bottling from BenRiach was distilled in 1976, was matured in sherry and finished in Bourbon Barrel 529. Bottled at 44.2% after 37 years only 6 bottles of the whisky have come to Canada, exclusively to KWM.
Distiller's Tasting Note:
Nose: Gentle honey infused with figs, ripe plums and toasted oak spice softens to hints of pineapple.
Taste: Fresh, crisp oak and cereal combine with sweet plum syrup and develop to an elegant soft tropical fruit and toasted coconut finish.
Compass Box The Lost Blend
$120.99
Only 12,018 bottles of this whisky have been released worldwide at 46%.
In 2001 Compass Box created and released Eleuthera, its first Blended Malt. It was composed of 80% Highland malt with the rest being peated malt from Islay. 3 years into production their supplies of these base whiskies were suddenly cut off, so the whisky was retired in 2004. John Glaser, Compass Box’s creative genius, had long hoped to revive the blend, but had not been able to… until now.
John had a name he’d been saving for a special whisky, “The Lost Blend”, a reference to the O. Henry story about life in a New York Bar in the early 1900’s. The business partners in the establishment were hoping to create a blend of spirits with supernatural properties. From the Producer: “Having been blending Scotch whiskies as an amateur and a professional for the better part of 20 years, I can say with confidence that I believe there exist “magic” combinations of whiskies. For me, they are like the whisky blending equivalent of spiritual truths. And what better name to lend to our lost blend, but “The Lost Blend”!
Producer’s Tasting Note: “An elegantly complex union of two fruity Highland single malts and a peaty Islay single malt. An ethereal fruit and herbal character and a sweetness on the palate is buttressed by an underlying smokiness.”
Springbank 25 Year
$809.99
Strictly 1 per customer!
This 2019 edition of Springbank 25 Year has been matured in both Ex-Bourbon and Ex-Sherry, and it is rocking a 92+ score on Whisky Base!
Producer Description: "The new Springbank 25yo has been matured in 50% Bourbon casks and 50% Sherry casks and the ABV is 46%."
Producer Tasting Note
Nose: Initially parma violets and rhubarb custard creams. A fresh spritz of grapefruit followed by a malty honeycomb sweetness.
Palate: Maturity and complexity at its best. A rich and chewy palate with vanilla, fudge, tobacco and cured meats.
Finish: Oh yes, it's definitely a true Springbank with those coastal and earthy dunnage warehouse notes combining with honey glazed ham and waxy orange rind at the very end.
Andrew's Tasting Note- 2016 Edition
Nose: lots of dried fruits: apricot, apples and pineapple chunks; caramel chews, salt water taffy and candied fruits; jujubes and touches of moist, light Christmas cake; a touch of clean smoke and salt.
Palate: sweet, silky, fruity and honeyed; vanilla bean with jujubes and lots of fruit: both fresh and dried, leaning towards stone and orchard varietals; there is a touch of sherry-influenced Christmas cake; the smoke and salty maritime tones are subtle and elegant; bergamot earl grey tea, caramel chews and Panda brand licorice.
Finish: long with loads of fruits, cream and spices; more gentle elegant smoke and maritime tones.
Comment: brilliant, I have a slight preference for this over the 21 year Batch 15/52; I also compared it to an older 2014 edition of the 25 year: while the older bottling is lovely, this current release is more tropical, fruity and elegant.
Balvenie Tun 1509 Batch 3
$517.49
This is the third batch of the very popular Tun 1509, The legendary David Stewart selected 31 casks from the distillery’s aged stocks. He used 12 sherry butts distilled between 1989 and 1992, 11 American oak hogsheads from 1989 and eight refill American Oak butts from 1992 and 1993. – from the distillery’s precious aged stocks. All were transferred to Tun 1509, which sits in Warehouse 24, for several months before bottling. This is a rare interpretation of the marrying process and allows all 31 casks to come together to create a unique expression of The Balvenie that’s greater than the sum of its constituent parts.
Samaroli Tormore 18 Year
$197.99