G&M Distillery Label Glenburgie 21 Year

$214.99

Part of the revamped G&M Distillery Label range, this 21 year old Glenburgie was matured in Refill Sherry Butts. 

Producer's Tasting Note

"Aroma Notes of brown sugar covered stewed raisins mingle with hints of roasted hazelnuts. Delicate floral aromas are complemented by sweet vanilla and freshly cut dry hay. Taste Full and fruity; stewed apple, cinnamon, and clove flavours come to the fore initially. Ripe summer berries emerge and combine with fresh mint highlights and refined toasted malt undertones. Finish Long with lingering charred oak and a subtle herbal undertone."

G&M CC Caol Ila 2005 Hermitage

$135.99

Part of the revamped Connoisseur's Choice range, this Caol Ila has been matured in 1st Fill and Refill Bourbon barrels, before finishing 1 year in Hermitage wine barriques. 45%.

Producer Tasting Note

“Aromas of summer fruits. Orange blossoms, and fresh vanilla pods. Creamy; hints of liquorice root, oak, and ripe blackcurrant complemented by a peat smoke undercurrent. Bonfire embers flavours endure.” 

G&M Private Collection Glenlivet 1978

$2,224.99

Matured in Refill Sherry Hogsheads, this 1978 Glenlivet has been bottled after 40 years in a Refill Sherry Hogshead at 44.5%. Only 3 bottles are coming. 319 total bottles globally!

Producer's Tasting Note

"Aroma Sweet sherried aromas weave into layers of roasted hazelnut, soft fudge, milk chocolate, and plump, rumsoaked raisins. Flashes of fresh citrus peel break through and, combined with polish notes, balance the sweetness. Taste Smooth and spicy; warm demerara sugar disperses over warming chilli, cinnamon, and clove spice flavours. Intense, thick-cut orange marmalade notes unfold into a lingering charred oak edge. Finish Long, spicy, refined, and well-balanced."

G&M Private Collection Caperdonich 1982

$2,124.99

This 36 year old whisky is from the closed Caperdonich Distillery, and one of just a handful of bottlings we've seen from this distillery in the last half decade. Bottled at 46% from a Refill Bourbon Barrel. Only 3 bottles are coming to Canada, all of them to KWM.

Producer's Tasting Note

"Aroma Soft and gentle aromas of citrus peel and traces of toffee combine with sweet hay and dried flower notes. Nuances of honeysuckle emerge, balanced by fresh highlights of newly-harvested mint. Taste Gentle flavours of liquorice root initially. Crisp red apple notes emerge; a drying oak undertone lingers before nutty notes surface. A generous sweetness remains. Finish Sweet flavours evolve into a refreshing element akin to newly-harvested hops. Mature oak endures on the finish."

G&M Private Collection Coleburn 1981

$2,499.99

Just 3 bottles of this closed distillery have come to Canada, bottled from a Refill Sherry Hogshead after 38 years at 55.9%. 2 have sold leaving just 1 for sale. Having tasted it, I think Serge's score at 89pts is a tad low. I would have put this low 90s. 92-93. With patience it becomes very tropical...

Andrew's Tasting Note

Nose: Christmas cake, chocolate fudge and plum pudding; old sherry, a touch of musty oak, soft leather and fruity tobacco; polished church pews make way for exotic tropical fruits, barrel aged maple syrup and fruity tobacco.

Palate: rich, fruity and spicy with firm leather, musty oak and fruity tobacco; peppery and earthy to start it moves quickly toward dark chocolate, Christmas cake and Dutch licorice; candied walnuts, maple pecans and toasted almonds tossed in hot but decadent spices; old sherry and oak, but well on the right side of over the hill; a touch of the tropical fruits and more barrel aged maple syrup.

Finish: long, rich and fruity with more spices, tobacco, chocolate and Christmas cake; old and dignified.

Comment: easily the oldest Coleburn I've ever had, and I haven't had more than I have fingers; it is a very seldom seen independent bottling; beautifully sherried, no trace of the dreaded "S" word; wish I had a bigger sample as I feel it is becoming more and more tropical... #want!

Producer Tasting Note

"Aroma Sherry soaked fruit aromas with a touch of beeswax polish. Juicy black cherries drizzled with rich caramel leads into fresh coffee with a subtle smokiness. Taste Dark chocolate, coffee, and ripe plums. dried fruits and sherry soaked cherries, reminiscent of rich fruitcake. Subtle flavours of oak and liquorice emerge with a slight nuttiness. Finish Long; rich fruitcake, coffee, and toffee notes evolve into leather with a hint of smoke."

89pts Serge @ WhiskyFun.org

"This one comes in a beautiful Gatsby-y decanter. Hope it’s not gotten too woody… Colour: bronze gold. When spirits got bronze-ish, or even greenish, that sometimes suggests some nails or patches have been in use. Or that a copper dog fell into the cask ;-). Nose: it’s different, less bright than the younger ones, but also more complex, with beautiful whiffs of old walnuts, manzanilla, marmalade, wormwood, caraway, aniseed cookies, and perhaps German all-grain breads. Beyond this very fino-ish character, some tamarind and some pretty umami-esque chen-pi (aged dried tangerine skins). With water: old leather couches and new cigars, plus some crude chocolate. And walnuts, naturally. Mouth (neat): some very spicy, almost curry-like oak at first, loaded with cinnamon and nutmeg. Then walnut skin liqueur (nocino) and some bitter artichoke cordial. Indeed, the oak’s very talkative here, but let’s see what happens once water’s been added. With water: imagine a cocktail made out of ¼ nocino, ¼ grapefruit juice, and ½ manzanilla. Shake well. Good news, the oak remained well-mannered, but indeed it is oaky, you feel it more in your throat. Finish: medium, drying. Cocoa powder, tobacco, mocha ristretto. Comments: perhaps not exactly as glorious as the stupendous old Caol Ila in the same new series, but we keep flying high indeed. SGP:372 - 89 points."

G&M CC Caol Ila 1984

$1,249.99

!SOLD OUT ! - Only 3 bottles!

We are sadly only receiving 3 bottles, and have sold them all. A sister cask from G&M scored 93pts from Serge @WhiskyFun.org. Distilled in 1984 and matured 34 years in a Refill Sherry Hogshead before bottling at 52.8%.

Producer's Tasting Note

Aroma: Delicate vanilla complements savoury smoke cured ham aromas. Strawberry and cream highlights add a depth of sweetness. Warm spice stewed apple notes linger over the subtle oak undertone.

Taste: Mouth-warming; initial crack black pepper softens and reveals notes of baked apple with hints of clove. Aniseed flavours develop, balanced by candied citrus peel.

Finish: bonfire ash and salty notes linger on the finish.

Whisky Fun Tasting Note on Sister Cask

"There is a problem with these bottlings, it is the feeling of ‘last time’. Or let’s say, nostalgia in advance, a rather weird feeling. Unless our friends in Elgin tell us that they’ve still got many such casks in their warehouses… G&M, we’re listening… Colour: pale gold. Nose: nah there, quince paste, that’s unbeatable. And dried pears, fresh marzipan (not the stuff they would sell in, say gas stations), a pot of bits of crystallised fruits, old magazines in the basement, salicornia, citrons, the tiniest bit of old plastic, mild pipe tobacco… This is all very complex, and it would go into many different directions. Mindboggling. With water: no changes, which is cool. Perhaps a little more ‘textile-y’. Mouth (neat): just a-ma-zing. Smoked vanilla fudge and many dried tropical fruits. Papayas, for instance. Then seawater and a whole seafood platter. Emphasis on shellfish! You may start to dial the number of the Anti-Maltoporn Brigade, which would be 01 42 92 81 00. No, that’s Macron’s number, please don’t. With water: if we must. Almond paste, citrons, lemon curd, oysters, etcetera. Finish: medium, perfect. Smoked almonds and fresh whelks, then grapefruit. Unbeatable indeed. Comments: I know this was to be expected, but I think it’s even greater than I thought it would be (eh?) SGP:466 - 93 points."

Scotch Malt Whisky Society 76.139

$185.39

SPEYGERMEISTER

This 15 year old Speysider spent 13 years in a bourbon hogshead before being transferred to a 1st fill PX sherry hogshead for the remainder of its maturation, and comes in at 56.5%.

Flavour profile:  Deep, rich & dried fruits.

Outturn:  266 bottles.

Panel's tasting note:  "The panel found this immediately earthy and organic with plum chutney, spicy wood, honey cake, molasses, pomegranate syrup, menthol sweets, lemon butter and pear liqueur. A little water revealed Jagermeister, flapjacks, flambéed raisins, throat sweets, orange bitters, lemon oil, blossom, coriander marmalade and coal hearths.

On the palate there was charred pineapple with herbal sweetness and some summer fruit barley water. Also notes of grape must, aged Riesling, wax, mineral oil and dried tarragon. Reduction gave deeper tannins, malt loaf, honey comb, cinnamon buns, lanolin, paraffin wax, rosewater and Earl Grey tea. Matured for 13 years in a bourbon hogshead before being transferred to a 1st fill PX sherry hogshead for the remainder of its maturation."

Scotch Malt Whisky Society 64.97

$134.99

A SUNNY DAY IN LATE SUMMER

This 9 year old Speysider comes in at 60.7% after maturing in a refill barrel.

Flavour profile:  Juicy, oak & vanilla.

Outturn:  222 bottles.

Panel's tasting note:  "We found the nose immediately attractive – dark polished wood, dried flowers and a late summer impression of meadows and orchard fruits (pear, peach, russet apple). The palate had juicy fruits (pear-drops, strawberry, stewed rhubarb), chocolate and marzipan confectionery, with the finish nodding in a pink peppercorn and tobacco direction. The reduced nose seemed even brighter – a sunny day with freshly-laundered linen on the washing line, blackcurrant, Key lime pie and lemon posset.

The reduced palate was simply sweet, juicy and lip-smacking, with rainbow drops, lime marmalade, orange Creamola Foam* and subtle hints of liquorice and tobacco – very easy-drinking for its age. (* fruity soft drink manufactured in Scotland from the 1950’s to the ‘90’s. Sold in tins of soluble crystals which you had to mix with water.)"

Springbank Society Longrow 11 Year

$114.99