Cadenhead Creations 2007 Blend 10 Year
$114.99
A 10 Year KWM Creations Blend!
Cadenhead Small Batch An Islay 2008
$169.99
Bottled at 54.9%, this reputedly Lagavulin was bottled at 9 years of age after maturing in a Bourbon Barrel and a Sherry Hogshead.
Cadenhead Small Batch Cambus 1988
$227.99
Every now and then we end up with a sleeper that sticks around a little longer than expected. This Cadenhead Cambus is just such a one. Why get excited about Cambus, you ask? Well...it's simple, really. This is liquid history. The distillery closed its doors for the last time in 1993. Every dram drunk leaves one less in the world. Let's face it...for whisky folks, there is simply nothing sadder. A bottling well worth scooping up before it's gone. And did I mention that this is a 29 year old single cask bottling at natural cask strength?
45.4% abv and only 294 bottles from a single Bourbon Hogshead.
Producer Tasting Note
Nose: Mango, toffee and almonds
Palate: Butterscotch, home made tablet and barley sugar
Finish: Sweet candy floss and sugared almonds
Cadenhead Small Batch Glenturret 1986
$444.99
Bottled at 44.5% we are only getting 6 bottles of this 31 year old Glenturret finished in a Sherry Hogshead (since June 2015)
Cadenheads Tasting Note
Nose: Fruit crumble, stewed fruits and blackberries.
Taste: Honeycomb, milk chocolate and ginger cake. Little waxiness coats the mouth.
Finish: Dark fruits, raisins.
Cadenhead Small Batch Loch Lomond 1997
$191.99
Only 378 bottles came from this marriage of two ex-bourbon barrels. And, of course, only a small handful of those made their way across the pond to land in our modest little shop. Loch Lomond is a bit of a chameleon malt, currently producing 11 different distillates for use in its whisky releases. While it may be hard to pinpoint the distillery's exact character, it's not nearly as difficult to admit that no matter what sort of alchemy they're engaged in, the end product is great. A real belter of a dram at 52.5% abv.
Producer Tasting Note
Nose: Kaffir lime leaves, sandal wood, pinecones
Palate: Tea leaves, herbs and lemon zest
Finish: Freshly cut grass, oak
Cadenhead Small Batch Caol Ila 1984
$539.99
SOLD OUT
Only 6 bottles of this single cask Caol Ila came to Canada, exclusively to KWM. Bottled after 34 years at 57.6% from a single Refill Hogshead Cask.
Cadenheads Tasting Note
Nose: Cigar box, dried orange peel, tobacco leaf.
Taste: Peaches, toasted mars
hmallows, smokey bacon crisps.
Finish: Smoked kippers, campfire embers.
Port Askaig 14 Year Islay Bourbon Cask
$109.99
Bottled at 45.8%, this 14 year old mystery Ileach is believed to hail from the Bunnahabhain Distillery. It is the product of a peated run distilled in 2004 and filled into 11 First Fill Ex-Bourbon barrels.
Andrew's Tasting Note
Nose: creamy and velvety with salt vanilla icing and a wood fire burning nearby; briny seaweed salad and smoked mussels in a creamy broth.
Palate: creamy, honeyed, malty and tarry; creosote soaked logs, honeyed-ashy smoke and more maritime tones: seaweed salad and smoked mussels in a creamy broth; the sweet vanilla oaky tones slowly pickup speed with melons, citrus and Strawberry Twizzlers.
Finish: medium in length it gently clings to the palate with lovely barley sugars, ashy smoke, vanilla, citrus and maritime tones.
Comment: peated Bunnahabhain is hit or miss for me, but fortunately this one is a hit!
Producer's Tasting Note
Nose: Stewed fruits and barbecue coal with sea spray and coastal rocks. Sweet smoke dissipates as core flavours of fresh citrus and salted caramel come to the fore, combining classic Islay flavours with refreshing fruity notes.
Palate: Burnt honeycomb and baked raisins infused with five-spice and peat smoke. Candied fruits and sherbet lemon build as an underlying earthy peat brings together a superbly rich and juicy mouthfeel, with crème brûlée notes and a delicious peat-infused caramel layer.
Finish: Long and heavy with maple-cured bacon and liqueur-soaked sultanas. A beautifully fresh and peaty finish.
Ledaig 18 Year
$149.99
G&M Strathisla 1972
$1,399.99
A wizened old beauty from arguably Scotland's prettiest distillery. 1972 is starting to become reknowned as an absolute bumper vintage for Scottish distillation. And to say these early '70s malts are as rare as hen's teeth nowadays is hardly doing it justice. They're more like unicorn's teeth now. (Though come to think of it...in Scotland, unicorn teeth may be a little more readily available, being the national animal and all. Hmmm. May need to rethink that analogy.)
And lest you need reminding, G&M have probably the most spectacular warehouses in Scotland. Even at $1400, this one is a steal.
Producer Tasting Note
Nose: Rich perfumed oak influences with a subtle sweet Sherry edge, rum and raisin. Hints of strawberry and marzipan are also present.
Palate: Hints of dark chocolate and hazelnut. Dried apricots and prunes with a lingering charred oak edge.
Finish: Long, sweet and smooth.
700 ml