Highland Park 21 Year 2020
$469.99
Highland Park has shifted gears in a major away on their older core expressions. They are now limited annual releases which will evolve from batch to batch. The “August 2019 Release” was a marriage of first-fill sherry seasoned European oak cask, first-fill sherry seasoned American oak cask and refill casks to “demonstrate the impact of different cask types on the intense balance of our whisky.” The whisky is bottled at 46%. Early Whisky Base score of 90+ pts.
Producer Description
“Naturally deep and golden in colour, this exceptionally well-balanced expression of Highland Park, bottled at its marrying strength of 46%, is fully rounded and elegantly smooth. Created from just 15 casks, laid down in 1998 and earlier years, it delivers our signature intense balance through wave upon wave of perfectly harmonised flavours. Gordon Motion, our Master Whisky Maker, hand selected almost identical quantities of first-fill sherry seasoned European oak casks, first-fill sherry seasoned American oak casks and refill casks to demonstrate the impact of different cask types on the intense balance of our whisky. Each cask has been matured in our island warehouses for a minimum of 21 years. This is an ideal period as it allows the rich flavours of the first-fill casks to come vibrantly to the fore – spices and dried fruit from the European oak casks and vanilla and citrus notes from the American oak casks. Introducing refill casks balances the influence of oak from the first-fill casks, while bottling the whisky at its marrying strength of 46% delivers a rich and deep finish. Our 21 YEAR OLD AUGUST 2019 RELEASE displays the fine maturity of character that befits a whisky of this age and delivers a perfect harmony of spice and fruit on a wave of the aromatic smoke that is the hallmark of Orkney’s unique heather peat.”
Producer Tasting Note: “Ripe mango | Sun-dried orange peel | Sweet pear | Root ginger | Freshly grated nutmeg | Creamy vanilla | Aromatic peat smoke.”
Cooper's Choice Caol Ila 2009 46%
$98.99
Exclusive to KWM, an 8 year old Caol Ila, bottled at 46% from an ex-Bourbon cask. Only 18 bottles coming to KWM.
Producer's Tasting Note
Nose: Sea salt and sweet peat with touches of smoked bacon and lemon juice.
Palate: Light oiliness with smoky apple notes and lemony vanilla. Touch of tar and pepper.
Finish: Long and lingering. Peat ash.
Glenfarclas Family Cask 1992 Winter 2018
$634.99
This 1992 Glenfarclas Family Cask was supposedly matued in a 4th Fill Sherry Butt, but Glenfarclas only says 4th Fill when they aren't 100% sure how many times the cask has been filled, and the colour of this ones says anything but 4th Fill... Cask 5984 was matured 26 years before bottling at 53.5%.
Glenfarclas Family Cask 1991 W18
$653.99
Only 18 bottles came to KWM. This very sherried 27 year old Family Cask was matured in a Sherry Butt and bottled at 56.6%. Winter 2018 Release for cask no. 5675. No formal reviews of it yet, but it is averaging 92.74/100 based on 26 votes on Whisky Base, which is a very high average.
Glenfarclas Family Cask 1977 W18
$1,704.99
Glenfarclas Family Cask 2003 W18
$325.59
Distilled in 2003, this Glenfarclas Family Cask was aged in a 4th Fill Butt for 15 years and bottled in Winter of 2018 at a cask strength of 58.3%.
Tasting Note from Angus @Whiskyfun.com
Glenfarclas Family Cask 2002 W18 57.8%
$439.99
Glenfarclas Family Cask 2001 W18
$424.99
Glenfarclas Family Cask 1998 W18
$465.99