Whisky Agency 3Rivers Orkney 1999
$294.99
A joint bottling between The Whisky Agency and Three Rivers Tokyo, this 18 Year "Secret Orkney", is almost certainly from the Highland Park Distillery. Distilled in 1999, matured in a Hogshead and bottled in 2018 at 53.1% and 18 years of age.
The Whisky Agency 3Rivers Rhosdhu 1993
$319.99
A single cask of Old Rhosdhu single malt, distilled at the Loch Lomond Distillery, and filled in to a Bourbon Hogshead cask in 1993. Bottled in 2019, after 26 years, at 48.6%. A joint bottling between The Whisky Agency and Three Rivers Tokyo.
Andrew's Tasting Note
Nose: flambeed banana, dried apricots and canned pineapple; chocolate marzipan, honey fried granola and shortbread cookies; creamed honey, white chocolate and clotted cream on dry English scones with strawberry jam.
Palate: round, rich and malty; thick with creamed honey, white chocolate and almond paste; toasty with building oak spices and white sugar; more flambeyed banana, dried apricots and canned pineapple; orange rinds; clotted cream and strawberry jam on bone dry scones; waxy red shoelaces.
Finish: long, coating, fresh and decadent with soft fruits and thick oils.
Comment: this is thick, very oily and malty with a bright fruity backbone; I haven't had a lot of bottlings of Old Rhosdhu, but this seems to be a fine example.
The Whisky Agency Ledaig 2008
$164.99
An 11 year old single Hogshead cask of Ledaig, distilled in 2008 and bottled at 52.7%.
Andrew's Tasting Note
Nose: juicy malt, freshly tarred asphalt and old wet rubber hockey dressing room mats... a touch of blue cheese too?! soft vanilla, moist flowers in a botanical garden and chewy citrus candies... can't decide if they are Starbursts or Wine Gums.
Palate: soft, round and decadent with juicy citrus fruits and floral vanilla... right before you are steamrolled by the tarry peat and classic medicinal tones Ledaig is famous for; vanilla icing sugar and clean smoke; a touch of rubber mats... from a hockey dressing room floor.
Finish: big, bold and coating; tarry, ashy and medicinal with more floral, creamy vanilla and more juicy citrus.
Comment: I'm not a huge fan of Ledaig, but this one is lovely; youthful in that peaty-medicinal way that I know all those Ledaig-heads out there look for, but with an elegance and maturity well beyond its years; if you are a fan of Ledaig, don't worry, it is still more of an acquired taste than Laphroaig!
The Whisky Agency 3Rivers Inchgower 1989
$347.99
A joint bottling between The Whisky Agency and Three Rivers Tokyo, this 29 Year old Inchgower bottled at 49.2%.
Whisky Agency Secret Speyside 1995 KWM
$269.99
A partial Sherry Butt of 24 year old single malt whisky, from a "Secret Speyside Distillery, bottled exclusively for KWM. Bottled at 48.2%. Possibly Macallan, Glenrothes or Glen Grant... no one's talking. Only 48 bottles coming! Part of the cask was bottled for another TWA client, and it scored 89.5pts on Whisky Base!
Andrew's Tasting Note
Nose: deep, dark, nutty and very sherried; unsweetened bakers chocolate, prunes and bacon grilled figs; a touch of rubber and jammy fruits; damp tobacco, firm new leather and dried berry fruits: cranberries, cherries and Glosset Raisins.
Palate: big, rich, spicy and sherried; very nutty, big Oloroso sherry tones, walnut liqueur and more firm leather, tobacco and dark bakers chocolate; latex tubing and a struck matches; more bacon grilled figs and prune juice before Dutch licorice and cloves.
Finish: long, coating and very sherried; drying and nutty with dark fruits, spices and a whiff of gun smoke.
Comment: this is a big, sherried beast; tarry with a very nutty, dark and spicy profile; there is a touch of sulphur, so this one is not for disciples of Panama Jim; but those who like their sherry cask whiskies big, bold and dark who don’t mind a touch of struck matches, will love this; a dram for after a day of shooting clays!
The Whisky Agency H&T Jura 1998 Fusion
$314.99
49.2%, 21 Years old, Hogshead.
The Whisky Agency Orkney 1999 For Taiwan
$264.99
Distilled in 1999 and matured 18 years in a Sherry Butt before bottling at 52.5%. This is a partial single cask bottled for Taiwan, a portion of which has come to Alberta.
Benriach Batch 16 1988 Cask 4422 30 Year
$659.99
1988 Cask #4422: 30-year-old matured in an ex-Tokaji wine cask, bottled at 46.5% abv.
Arran 2006 KWM Bourbon Cask #13
$129.99
Our 14th Kensington Wine Market exclusive single cask of Arran was distilled in 2006 and matured 13 years in an ex-Bourbon Barrel, cask #2006/13, before bottling at 52.6%! Only 204 bottles are coming from one of the youngest Arran casks we've bottled in years.
Andrew's Tasting Note
Nose: doughy and buttery with a fresh bakery character; candied citrus, honeydew melon and damp malted barley; vanilla icing on white cupcakes and Rogers granulated sugar; dehydrated apple chunks, banana chips and dried apricots.
Palate: creamy, honeyed and very decadent with bags of fruit; lush with loads of vanilla icing and more decadent bakery tones; French butter croissants and warm shortbread right out of the oven dusted in more Rogers sugar; silky, creamed honey and decadent spices; still fruity, banana split, more dehydrated apple chunks and quince paste; if you are patient it becomes tropical; a subtle oily peat at the end.
Finish: long, decadent and toasty; more creamed honey, vanilla and bakery goods; shortbread dusted in sugar and buttery French crossants; warming, coating and toasty.
Comment: this is a big shift away from our other recent Arran casks; not even a trace of sherry; creamy, decadent and very fruity; so buttery, elegant and fruity; this one is a stunner; this reminds me of Dr. Jane's homemade shortbread right from the oven with her famous whisky icing; I didn’t catch it at first, might have had blinders on, but there is a subtle touch of peat at the back of the palate; was the barrel previously used for peated whisky, or were the stills not thoroughly cleaned after switching off peat? Maybe the distillery was accidentally sent a shipment of lightly peated malt; we will likely never know; regardless, this is a dynamite single cask!
