Glenfiddich 50 Year 50ml
$1,251.89
The Glenfiddich 50 year old is truly a remarkable whisky. I had an opportunity to taste it several months back and was blown away by its complexity. Even more remarkable was the subtlety it projected; most whiskies of this age are well on their way to being over the hill, but not this one! Bottled in 1991 in a limited edition of just 500 bottles, this whisky came from a batch of nine casks laid down in the 1930s (one cask was laid down for each of William Grant's nine children, who had helped to build Glenfiddich distillery in the 1880s). The whisky itself is, perhaps unsurprisingly, quite oaky (without being overpoweringly so), and has an elegant, complex palate of subtle dried fruit flavours.
Arran Fontalloro Cask Finish
$69.29
Nose: Earthy and spicy with hint of cigar box. Taste: Rich and oily. A blast of sweet fruit and confectionary gives way to smooth tannins which give structure and body. Finish: Lingering complexity, each sip reveals new depths. Fontalloro casks hold a blend of wines produced in Tuscany, Italy.
OMC Ben Nevis 10 Year Claret Finish
$80.09
Ben Nevis distillery is situated at the foot of Scotland's largest mountain--from which the distillery takes its name. Although the distillery is far from beautiful, its surroundings are! 89pts Jim Murray. Nose: young and very fruity. Palate: waves of spices, sweet wine notes, and a surge of barley. Finish: enormous depth with the spices continuing steadily growing before being overwhelmed by cocoa.
Benriach 1978 Cask 1596 Batch 3
$241.19
54% ABV, from BenRiach's 2006 line of special releases. Colour: rich gold. Nose: spices, hazelnuts and floral notes with green apples. Palate: rich spices, combined with hazelnuts, butterscotch and mocha, interwoven with delicate peat notes. Finish: smooth and clean, w/ the butterscotch making another appearance.
Springbank Longrow Gaja Finish
$86.39
"This whisky is insanity, with peat and wine entirely out of control and in need of straight jackets. But there is a morbid curiosity, a rubber-necking need to witness the gruesome that draws you in. And before you know it, you like it... a lot..." Wine and peat notes battle it out for supremacy with this whisky, and the only victor is the noble whisky drinker patient enough to wait it out!
Caol Ila Natural Cask Strength
$96.29
Caol Ila is Islay's most productive distillery, churning out over 3.5 million liters of spirit/year. The spirit is tankered to the mainland where it is casked and warehoused. Until recently most Caol Ila whisky was used for blending & there were few if any official bottlings. That changed in 2002 when Diageo finally realized that Independent Bottlers were doing a booming business selling their whisky as a single malt!
Glenfarclas 10 Year 50ml
$7.19
Founded in 1836, Glenfarclas was acquired by the Grant family in 1865. The only older family owned distillery is Springbank in Campbeltown which has been in the hands of the Mitchell family since its inception in 1837. Glenfarclas's stills are the largest in the Speyside, and their mashtun--with a diameter of 10m--is the largest in Scotland. Delicately light, sweet & malty, leaving a long slightly spicy finish.
Port Charlotte 6 Year (PC6)
$134.99
SOLD OUT - No longer available. This is an older release which is likely not coming back.
Port Charlotte is the name originally given to the heavily peated single malt made at Bruichladdich. That was until the owners of Bruichladdich began rebuilding the old distillery Port Charlotte distillery. In time, if everything goes as planned, Port Charlotte will again have its own distillery. Port Charlotte is a true Islay style whisky, with big notes of salt, smoke and peat.
Bruichladdich Redder Still 1984
$218.69
Bottled at 50.4% the Redder Still is Bruichladdich's much anticipated follow-up to the now sold out Blacker Still bottling. 4000 individually numbered bottles have been released worldwide, including an unknown quantity to Alberta. Notes of red cherry, pear, pomegranate, red pepper cinnamon, plumb, ginger and raisin on the palate. This is the second in a series of three whiskies to be released by the distillery