Elements of Islay Ma3
$104.99
Semi-exclusive to KWM, the Elemnents of Islay Ma3 is a heavily peated Bunnahabhain. Distilled in 2004 and matured 15 yea4rs in 2 ex-Bourbon Barrels, the whisky was bottled at 55.2%.
Producer Description
Two ex-bourbon barrels of peated malt from Bunnahabhain were used for this whisky, distilled in 2004 and aged for over 15 years. This is a straightforward, but not simplistic, dram – full of bucolic peat and citrus fruit. Only 734 bottles produced.
Producer Tasting Note
Nose: Marmalade on burnt toast, buttered crumpets, grilled banana and pineapple. The smoke is earthy, mellow and inviting like a summer barbeque.
Palate: Creamy with burnt orange peel and macadamia nuts. A rollercoaster of robust peat that builds and then descends, accompanied by sumptuous fruit flavours: gooseberry, honeydew melon and a salt-rimmed margarita.
Finish: Fresher and slightly green; pine, vanilla, concentrated apple juice.
Elements of Islay Pl6
$184.99
Semi-exclusive to KWM, this 7 year old Port Charlotte (medium heavily peated Bruichladdich) was distilled in 2011, and bottled at 55.3% after maturing in an ex-Bourbon Barrel.
Producer Description
This Port Charlotte single malt was distilled at Bruichladdich distillery in 2011 and aged for over seven years in three bourbon barrels. It’s got a meaty character studded through with smoke, dirt and warm spices. Only 1,163 bottles have been produced.
Producer Tasting Note
Nose: Farmyards, burnt grass, camphor, young Jamaican rum and petrol. Underneath the more powerful notes, there’s sweet potato pie, malt loaf and just a hint of peaches.
Palate: Oily and briny. Smoked ham, barley husks, Manzanilla sherry, almond oil, green olives. There’s a warmth of Christmas spice towards the end: clove and cinnamon.
Finish: Oak chips, sweet white wine, pancetta, rye bread and hot ashes.
Elements of Islay Cl12
$87.99
This 2011 Caol Ila is from a pair of Refill Sherry Butts, bottled after 7 years at a cask strength of 57.5%.
Producer Description
This whisky from Caol Ila was distilled in 2011 and aged for seven years in two refill sherry butts which yielded a total of 1,901 bottles. A solid coastal malt, it balances briny freshness with minerals, young grassy flavours, herbs and peat.
Producer Tasting Note
Nose: Classically maritime. Slate tiles, saltwater, warm tarmac on a sunny day. Sour apple sweets, Pouilly-Fumé wine, aguardiente, rhubarb and custard.
Palate: Astringent smoke with salt and liquorice. More orchard fruits, alongside green grass and citrus zest. Lots of cigarette notes, cold smoked meats, chervil and tarragon.
Finish: Peaty finish with cloudy lemonade, coal dust, fresh herbs and grapefruit peel.
Elements of Islay Lp10
$259.24
Distilled in 1998 and matured in two ex-Bourbon Barrels, this Laphroaig was bottled at 53.9% after 20 years.
Producer Description
This whisky from Laphroaig was distilled in 1998 and aged in two ex-bourbon barrels. Bottled at cask strength, this is a classically punchy, medicinal Islay dram that also offers up bags of juicy tropical fruit. Only 442 bottles produced.
Producer Tasting Note
Nose: Peat, antiseptic, a little iodine. Fruit and florals as well; pineapple, under-ripe banana, violets and cracked black pepper. With water, there’s vanilla, applesauce and some dried lemon peel.
Palate: Full-bodied with well-integrated peat. Heaps of aromatic grapefruit, honeydew melon, ginger, hoppy bitterness, plumes of firewood smoke, dark chocolate and oak chips.
Finish: More exotic flavours await; the ashes from a bonfire is accompanied by coconut and banana yoghurt.
Jura 10 Year - 1 Litre Bottle
$64.99
This is a 1L bottle! "Aged in ex-Bourbon casks for 10 years. Some say it tastes of oak with hints of honey, caramel and soft liquorice, but then again everyone is different," according to the Jura team. 40%
Producer Description
"A whisky only Jura could make, born of our island and still produced today in a bottle originally shaped to withstand the roughest of journeys from our home. Crafted in exceptionally tall stills and matured for 10 years in America White Oak ex-bourbon barrels. The finishing touch is a finish in the finest aged Oloroso Sherry casks from Jerez, Spain. A sweet, smooth whisky with flavours of rich dark chocolate and vanilla cream throughout."
Cadenhead Burnside Blended Malt 1991
$334.99
Wemyss Glenrothes 27 Year
$304.99
The whisky, nicknamed "Marmalade Appeal", was distilled in 1988 and matured in a Sherry Butt before bottling in 2015 at 46%. 629 Total bottles produced. Scored a respectable 85pts with Whisky Fun.
Andrew's Tasting Note
Nose: bright, citric and floral with firm new leather, fruity dark chocolate and fennel seeds; a touch of marmalade me thinks... or is that just the suggestive power of its nickname? chicken and waffles with jalapeno butter and maple syrup.
Palate: round, rich and very spicy; here come the jalapenos drizzled in maple syrup again; still citrussy, more marmalade, rough new leather and licorice pipes; dark chocolate infused with chilli oil and nutty sherry tones.
Finish: long, but light; the sherry tones down becoming more marmalade-y with some vanilla, almond and more jalapenos drizzled in maple syrup.
Comment: a curious Glenrothes, decadent and spicy; lots of orange; would love to try this with chicken & waffles.
Secret Spirits Craigellachie 2006 12 Yr
$82.49
Selected and bottled by Calgary company Secret Spirits, this Craigellachie was distilled in 2006 and aged in a hogshead before being bottled at 12 years old and a cask strength of 62.6% ABV.
Old Malt Cask Glen Moray 15 Year
$139.99
A 15 year old single cask of Glen Moray, distilled in 2004, and filled in to a Refill Hogshead (HL 16761). Bottled at 50%.