Signatory Glen Elgin 1995 48.5%
$247.99
This 24 Year Old Glen Elgin comes to us from indie bottler Signatory Vintage. Distilled in 1995 and filled in to a hogshead before being bottled at a cask strength of 48.5%. Scored 88pts from Ruben at WhiskyNotes.be.
Andrew's Tasting Note
Nose: Manuka honey, marcona almonds and linseed oil; very furity, floral, and a touch waxy; lemon and lime on the citrus side, along with melons, peaches and dried apricots; geraniums, sage and heather with peppery wood spices; delicate, bright and welcoming.
Palate: soft, silky and floral with bright-sweet-fruits; loads of citrus: lemon, lime and even orange; more melons and stone fruits; Manuka honey, bees wax and Marcona almonds; more flowers, herbs and spices: geraniums, sage and peppery oak spices.
Finish: fresh, fruity, waxy and floral; light but long with fading citrus, honey, geraniums and a touch of cool mint.
Comment: one of the most floral malts I've had in a while; it is bright, fruity, waxy and very enticing; it was a highlight for me in our recent Signatory tasting; a shame we have just 10 bottles left!
Signatory Glenburgie 1995 54.3%
$364.99
This Signatory Vintage bottling of Glenburgie was distilled in 1995 and put into a hogshead for 28 years before being bottled at a cask strength of 54.3%. 90pts Whisky Base
Adelphi Macduff 2008 56.8%
$111.99
Adelphi has brought to us this bottling from Macduff Distillery, which resides near the mouth of the River Deveron. Bottled at a cask strength of 56.8%, it was aged in a refill sherry cask (cask #800815) for 11 years.
Glenfarclas 25 Year KWM Ferg GG Homage
$274.99
This whisky has a story, so I hope you don't mind a bit of a windup. This is our 6th exclusive bottling of Glenfarclas, and the 3rd in what has become known as the “Ferg Series.” The Ferg Series stated with the Glenfarclas 21 Year KWM Cask Strength aka “Ferg in the Spey”, which was itself inspired by a bottling called Ferd in the Spey.
We followed that up earlier this year with the Glenfarclas 15 Yea KWM Cask Strength #2 “Ferg in Front of the Store.” This bottling tied in to the “Ferg in the Spey” with some inspiration from the bottling for a shop called Robbie’s Drams, which featured the front of their business.
Continuing in this vein I wanted the third bottling to be even more whimsical or if you prefer, ridiculous, than the first two. It takes its inspiration from an advertisement for Glenfarclas circa 10 years ago featuring a reclining George Grant in kilt with a selection of whisky in front of him. This has long been one of my favourite images of anything to do with whisky. So…
So it is with great pleasure that I introduce you to the third KWM exclusive bottling of Glenfarclas in the ‘Ferg Series,’ “Ferg in Homage to George Grant!” I’ve taken George’s place and in front of me are the five previous KWM exclusive Glenfarclas bottlings: the 1997 Family Cask, the 25th Anniversary 25 Year Cask Strength, the first 15 Year Cask Strength, the 21 Year Cask Strength “Ferg in the Spey” and the 15 Year KWM Cask Strength #2 “Ferg in Front of the Store.”
The whisky is not a single cask, nor is it cask strength, but rather it is a bottling of Glenfarclas 25 Year at 50%, rather than the usual 43%. It is exclusive to KWM, and there are just 300 bottles.
Maltbarn Highland Park 2003
$284.99
Matured in a single ex-Bourbon barrel for 16 years before bottling at 53.3%. 87.52pts Whisky Base
Glenfarclas Family Cask 2001 Winter 2019
$414.99
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Glenfarclas Family Cask 2002 Winter 2019
$405.99
Bottledf after 16 years in a sherry hoghead cask at 54.2%. 92pts Whisky Base.
Glenfarclas Family Cask 2004 Winter 2019
$394.99
Limit 1 Per Customer!
Bottled at 59.5% after maturing 14-15 years in a Sherry Butt #2383. 90.66pts Whisky Base.
SMOS Clynelish 10 Year Quaich Cask
$103.49
Limit 1 Per Customer!
Filled in to an ex-Bourbon Barrel (cask #700048) on the 29th of January in 2010, the whisky has been bottled after 10 years and a day at 56.8%. 232 total bottles!
Andrew's Tasting Note
Nose: Italian biscotti, marcona almonds and Billy Bee Honey; candle wax and lavender bubble bath; candied lemon and lime, toasted oak and sliced ginger; Ben Bhraggie on a warm spring day.
Palate: thick, waxy and coating; more Billy Bee Honey, candied lemon, lime and decadent spices: sliced ginger, cinnamon hearts and cardamom; more candle wax, lavender bubble bath and broom in full spring bloom.
Finish: long, coating, toasty, sweet and very floral; juicy citrus and warm spices before toasted oak and candle wax.
Comment: classic young Clynelish, it is warm but not sharp with that trademark waxy note Clynelish is famous for; honeyed and toasty with bright fruity tones and crisp spices; very moreish.