Spey 12 Year
$89.99
It can't be easy when the name of your distillery, doubles for that of a region with nearly 60 different distilleries. So Speyside has rebranded its single malts under the Spey brand. The 12 year was matured in Ex-Bourbon before finishing in new Ex-Bourbon. The current bottling is Batch 2, which consisted of 8000 bottles.
Andrew' s Tasting Note
Nose: very malty, lots of candied cherries, marmalade, soft floral tones and perfumed waxy honey.
Palate: waxy and honeyed, very light, delicate and floral with big malt and lemony-marmalade.
Finish: long, light and delicate still lemony, floral and toasty but the orange is gone.
Spey Tenne (Port Cask) Single Malt
$77.99
Spey is the name the Speyside distillery is newly marketing their single malt under, to avoid confusion with the broader region. Matured for 8 years in Ex-Bourbon barrels, the Tenne, which is Scots Gaelic for "Tawny", is finished for 3 months in freshly emptied Tawny Port Pipes. Bottled at 46% un-chill filtered without added colouring.
Andrew's Tasting Note
Nose: soft, fresh and fruity, macerated dried fruits, earthy tones and dunnage warehouse notes; some citrus, floral and chocolate notes.
Palate: very fruity, dark and leathery with some candied fruits and Maroccan marmalade; still earthy and musty from the port, it becomes darker and spicier with a pronounced maltiness.
Finish: long and nutty with prominent port wine notes shining through late leather and tobacco.
Spey 18 Year
$192.99
Matured 18 year in American oak Ex-Bourbon casks, this single malt from Speyside Distillery was bottled at 46%. 15,000 bottles were released globally, mostly in Asia, with only a few dozen cases coming to Alberta.
Andrew's Tasting Note
Nose: Honey Nut Cherios, quite nutty and toasty with light candied fruits; delicate and floral like the younger expressions with fresh citrus, marzipan and almond paste.
Palate: very creamy, honeyed and nutty with more floral tones; round an full bodied with rich coating oak and light spices: ginger and cinnamon.
Finish: long, coating, toasty and floral with more light candied fruits.
Comment: very pleasant and fruity.
Coopers Choice Macallan 1989 25 Year
$197.99
SOLD OUT - No longer available. This is an older release which is likely not coming back.
This Macallan 1989 vintage single cask from Coopers Choice has been bottled at 46% without colouring or chill-filtering from a single Hogshead cask 9325. Only 275 bottles filled with just 18 coming to KMW.
Macallans of this age and vintage are rare enough, more so at this price.
Andrew's Tasting Note
Nose: a fine balance of earthy and decadent notes; there's some orange, cedar and cracked walnuts with some leather and dried fruits.
Palate: very honeyed and still earthy, more cedar with some damp musty old oak; a touch vegetal with some leaf litter, overall the whisky is quite sweet and honeyed with an abundance of dried fruits developing; leather and spice develop with the whisky becoming darker; but then it softens again with melons and cream.
Finish: licorice, and lots of it, more dried fruits, spices and fading leather with coating honey reemerging late in the game.
Comment: for a moment I feared disappointment, but with each sip came new layers and more confidence; not your typical Macallan, but a lovely dram.
Coopers Choice Caol Ila 1991 23 Year
$170.99
anCnoc 1975 Vintage
$619.99
THE LAST 15 BOTTLES IN THE WORLD COMING TO CANADA/EXCLUSIVELY TO KWM!!! - Price dropped $70 too!
Bottled in 2014 this limited edition release of anCnoc from Knockdhu distillery filled into three casks in 1975. The whisky is a product of both Spanish and American oak bottled at 44.2%.
Andrew's Tasting Note
Nose: right off the bat it is tropical, dark fruits, soft leather, white chocolate and Glosset Raisins; dried apple and orange peels with some soft floral notes; it has the classic antique elements of an older sherried whisky.
Palate: very fruity with more tropical fruit: mango, papaya and melons, some raisin and darker fruits emerge; the whisky has notes of chocolate and dark spices like clove and anise but underneath there is a base of creamy vanilla and honey; there are also leathery, nutty and earthy tones but it is the fruits and chocolate that reign.
Finish: soft, medium long and still very fruity; elegant.
Distiller's Tasting Note
Nose: Waves of spicy dried fruit and creamy vanilla sweetness are accentuated by orange peel, green apple freshness and just a hint of cut flowers.
Taste: Full-bodied, intense and complex. Fruit cake, sticky toffee and seasoned leather are followed by signature notes of honey and lemons, leading eventually to a long, mouth-watering finish full of spice and sweetness.
Cooper's Choice Ledaig 1998 17 Year
$161.99
Scotch Malt Whisky Society 53.190
$140.39
A FISHING VILLAGE UP WHISKY COVE
This 17 year old Ileach is from a Refill Hoggy at 56.8%.
Profile: "Peated."
Outturn: 263 Bottles
Panel's Tasting Note: "The nose conjured up fishing village scenes – boat sheds, smoke houses, sea air, tarry ropes, puffer boats, lobster pots, seaweed and sea-food barbecues; also lavender and carbolic. The palate was masculine and tongue-roasting (pleasantly so) with smoke, tarry driftwood, brine, treacle, vanilla, honey-roasted pork, smoky bacon and chili. The reduced nose discovered swimming pools, coal fires, fish boxes on a bonfire, new car tires and oysters. Even in reduction, the palate was still big, but very enjoyable – mouth-tingling spices, salt and pepper, citric smoke, grapefruit on prawn cocktail and hints of leather in the finish. We thought it very ‘sound’."
Drinking Tip: "Take a sip before jumping into the ocean - and a good mouthful after coming out."
Coopers Choice Royal Brackla 1997
$134.99
Exclusive to KWM in Calgary this 16 year old single cask of Royal Brackla, Hogshead 9913, was bottled at 46%. Only 36 of the 270 bottles released Worldwide are available from our store.
Royal Brackla is one of only two distilleries given the prefix "Royal", and the first in Scotland to ever receive a Royal Warrant. Only 3 have ever been so honoured. The distillery was founded in Nairn in 1812.
Andrew's Tasting Note
Nose: silky, seductive, soft and creamy ; very floral to start, lots of white fruit: apple and pear, with a touch of orange and honey; spices in the background with some chewy malt.
Palate: bigger than expected, amazingly creamy, lots of fruits: white, citric and tropical; the whisky has some weight to it, clotted cream, melted vanilla ice cream and honey; the spices and floral notes show up late to the party with chewy malt.
Finish: spicy, toasty and coating with more creamy vanilla, honey and fruits slowly fading out.
Comment: very mature for a whisky of just 16 years!