Bruichladdich 2007 KWM Bourbon Cask 336
$134.99
SOLD OUT!
Our 2nd KWM Exclusive single cask of Bruichladdich is a 12 year old from a Fresh Bourbon Cask, #336. It was distilled from unpeated optic barley on March 16 2007, and bottled November 14, 2019 at 58.6%. Only 240 bottles, and we don't expect them to last long... it is over 2/3 sold in 3 days!
Andrew's Tasting Note
Nose: creamy, honeyed and malty with loads of fruit and a gentle salty maritime flourish; juicy and toasty with soft decadent oak spices; Starburst fruit candies and French vanilla icecream; the barley lends the nose a soft minerality.
Palate: silky to start with loads of honey, more French vanilla and then a bold surge of juicy fruits and crisp barley; the salty maritime tones arrive later with decadent spices; thick and oily; more Starburst fruit candies, honeydew melon, bitter orange and singed lemon peel; candied ginger, cinnamon sticks and licorice root; later allspice; toasty and nutty; once again the barley shines through.
Finish: long, fresh, coating and creamy; decadent vanilla, juicy fruits and crisp spice.
Comment: thick, creamy and toasty with loads of fruit, barley and a touch of crisp Islay air; young and Fresh without a rough edges and a complexity beyond what you expect for just a dozen years in the cask; this is a naked Laddie, clean and elegant!
Balblair 1991
$179.99
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We are thrilled to get this back, 27-year-old 1991 vintage Balblair. Matured in Ex-Bourbon & 1st Fill Sherry Butts, before bottling at 46%. 90pts Whisky Fun / 89pts Whisky Base.
Andrew's Tasting Note
Nose: dried fruits: raisins, cranberries and figs; Christmas cake and Fruit Source bars and dark chocolate brownies with peanuts; new Italian leather gloves, tobacco leaf and dark milk chocolate shavings; all overtop a silky base of vanilla and honey.
Palate: round, rich and fruity; Christmas cake and figs in honey; more dried fruits; Pedro Ximenez Sherry and barrel aged maple syrup; quince jelly, raspberry puree and apricot jam; old school sherry; exotic tropical fruits and Fruit n Nut bars; again the sherry is layered on top of a base of clotted cream and vanilla bean ice cream.
Finish: creamy, coating and fruity; more leather, chocolate, chocolate and tobacco; toasty and spicy ending in tropical fruits.
Comment: this is spectacular stuff; moderately old school sherried; for its age, 27 years old, layered with rich and tropical fruits; for its quality, its age and price this is almost impossible to beat; superb.
Producer Tasting Note
Nose: The nose is expansive and complex with rich citrus fruits and vanilla notes, toffee and chocolate. The American oak ex-bourbon barrels and Spanish oak butts used in the maturation impart notes of honey, winter spices and apricot with just a hint of liquorice in the background.
Palate: On the palate Balblair’s signature style of citrus orchard is followed with rich creamy chocolate and layers of stewed apples and pears, Christmas pudding and hot vanilla sauce.
Finish: The finish descends slowly into brighter tonality, sparkling orange and toasted coconut overtones, accentuating the full-bodied sweetness of vanilla and caramel. A rich and celebratory dram.
90pts Whisky Fun
"They never tell you much on the bottles, but I’ve heard there was a higher proportion of sherry casks in this one (there was less in last year’s 1990). Colour: gold. Nose: a few oak spices at first, ginger and nutmeg, then this soft, and very Balblairy kind of fruitiness. Well, put whole apples, bananas, peaches, and pears into a mixer, mix, then nose, that’ll give an idea. There is a little bread too, a wee bit of pumpernickel perhaps… Then green tea, the smallest Jerusalem artichoke, even aubergines… Indeed! Mouth: how good is this? Everything’s just perfect, and indeed there’s something Spanish, but rather some kind of whisky paella than straight Jerez. That’s a little hard to explain, and I’m sure this unusual profile comes from the wood mix they have been using (involving some rather active wood for sure), but let me mention aniseed, caraway, saffron, pepper… Finish: medium, complex, spicy and fruity. Comments: some exceptional Balblair, perhaps a little more challenging than others at times, but that’s the game! SGP:651 - 90 points."
Whisky Agency Secret Speyside 1995 KWM
$269.99
Wrong sku!
The Whisky Agency H&T Jura 1998 Fusion
$314.99
Wrong Sku!
The Whisky Agency H&T Glen Elgin 1995
$294.99
This is a 24 year ol Glen Elgin, a joint bottling between The Whisky Agency, and Canadian importer Heads & Tails. Distilled in 1995 and matured in a Hogshead before bottling at 48.7%. Only 48 bottles for Canada.
Andrew's Tasting Note
Nose: vanilla pods, fresh flowers and citrus flavoured Starburst Fruit Candies; Strawberry Twizzlers and peach eau de vie; heather honey and soft toasted oak; cashews and macadamia nuts; perfumed.
Palate: soft, floral and toasty with some silky vanillans and juicy malted barley tones; vanilla extract, crisp toasted oak and more nutty tones: cashews, macadamia nuts and marcona almonds; waxy; Strawberry Twizzlers, Starburst Fruit Candies and quince paste; very honeyed with white chocolate.
Finish: long, soft, floral and juicy; creamy, elegant, waxy and decadent.
Comment: this is a very creamy, waxy and floral malt; honeyed with loads of vanilla, juicy barley and elegant floral tones; Glen Elgin is typically a very pretty malt, and this is no exception!
The Whisky Agency H&T Tormore 1995
$220.99
A 24 year old single cask of Tormore, distilled in 1995 and matured in a Hogsead and bottled at 47.2%. A joint bottling between The Whisky Agency and Heads & Tails their Canadian importer.
Andrew's Tasting Note
Nose: malty and herbaceous with raw and cooked root vegetables: glazed carrots and boiled turnips; honey, boysenberry jam, dried apricots and baked apple.
Palate: soft, toasty and very malty, very malty; lush and creamy; floral and subtly waxy with more root vegetables; dried apricots, baked apple and poached pear; toasty, with vanilla and almond paste; building oak spices and sliced ginger; late tropical fruits.
Finish: drying, warming and spicy; the finish is long with more glazed and sauteed root vegetables; fruity (baked apples and tropical fruits) and malty.
Comment: this is a lush, fruity and floral malt; don't let the root vegetables scare you off, they are lovely accents to an otherwise already complex malt.
Whisky Agency H&T Secret Highland 1983
$509.99
A 36 year old partial Sherry Butt single cask from a Secret Highland Distillery, located just south of Inverness! Distilled in 1983 and bottled at 48.2%. Whiskybase Score: 91.09.
Andrew's Tasting Note
Nose: soft, toasty and fruity; elegant, decadent and floral; honey dew melon, candied lemon and vanilla pods; powdered sugar dusted on French crepes; subtle tropical fruits and lemon drops.
Palate: soft, silky and floral with not so subtle tropical fruits... this is a tropical fruit bomb: more melons, pineapple and mango dusted in chili flakes; flourless dark chocolate cake with cayenne pepper; agave nectar and more vanilla pods; the oak is big and toasty and the fruits juicy; is there a touch of smoke?
Finish: light, fresh, fruity and spicy; loads of tropical fruit, agave nectar and more hot spices; creamy.
Comment:this is a delightfully curious malt; elegant, tropical and spicy... very spicy... hot; this reminds me of old Tomatins, which I’m not just saying because it is rumoured that’s where the juice came from; lovely old refill cask whisky, with a crazy amount of spicy heat.
Whisky Agency H&T Secret Highland 1987
$459.99
A 32 year old partial single Hogshead cask from a "Secret Highland Distillery", filled in 1987 and bottled in 2019 at 49.6%. The whisky is a joint bottling with Heads & Tails, and comes from a distillery located between the Cromarty and Dornach Firths... Whiskybase Score: 90.12.
Andrew's Tasting Note
Nose: Fruit Leather, dark milk chocolate, maple syrup and licorice Jujubes; candied nuts, Demerara sugars and Christmas Cake; classic old school sherry; soft leather and fruity Cuban cigar tobacco; maraschino cherries and jammy berry fruits.
Palate: soft and fruity with Caramilk chocolate, more maple syrup and assorted Jelly Bellies; more jammy berry fruits, dark spices: clove, cinnamon and nutmeg; fruity Cuban cigar tobacco and soft Italian leather gloves; building heat from the spices and more licorice Jujubes; antique-y with Christmas cake.
Finish: long, coating and spicy with more leather, tobacco and chocolate; antique-y with more Christmas cake.
Comment: this is a rich, complex, layered and old school sherried single malt, with a lot of spice; if it is indeed Glenmorangie, how cool is that… we almost never see IBs from that distillery; and either way, this is excellent stuff!
