Macallan Select Reserve 1948
$6,263.99
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Suntory Yamazaki 12 Year
$70.61
Tasting Note From Jim Murray's Whisky Bible: 90pts: "Nose: has retained its sherrytriffle character, though now with more custard. Taste: firm delivery. The barley thumps home confidently. It takes the grapes, sugars and a few trailing spices a little while to catch up. Finish: the surprising late arrival of oils give the fruit ample time to make their mark, especially the sugary banana. The late spices are a treat. Balance: A complex and satisfying malt of a very high standard."
Yamazaki--established in 1923--is Japan's oldest malt whisky distillery, and one of its most respected. The 12 year old is our best selling Japanese whisky! 90pts Jim Murray's Whisky Bible!
Signatory Glencraig 1976
$227.69
Glencraig single malt was produced with a Lomond still at Glenburgie distillery between 1958 and '81. The resulting spirit was named after Ballentines director Willie Craig. These stills had the ability to change their shape and therefore the style of spirit they produce. In theory this allowed a single distillery to make several different types of spirit. In practice the Lomond stills were awkward and difficult to maintain. Glencraig is extremely rare. Nose: honeyed and malty, Palate: round, and chewy, unexpectedly sweet and delicate; rolling right off the tongue. Finish: long, light and sweet. A lovely dram!
Signatory Inverleven 1977
$295.19
Founded in 1938 Inverleven Distillery was purpose built along with Dumbarton grain distillery. Inverleven was closed in 1991 and later dismantled with much of the equipment going to Bruichladdich. The distillery also had a Lomond still and produced Lomond single malt. Nose: oily and round, fudgy and soft with some vanilla and gentle fruits. Palate: soft and smooth with beautiful vanilla/orange notes that dovetail into clean, sweet lime; firm but not overpowering oak and threads of perfume. Finish: medium but light with burnt orange.
Signatory Highland Park 1990 23 Year
$274.49
Miltonduff distillery had a pair of Loch Lomond stills installed in 1964. These stills had the ability to change their shape and therefore the style of spirit they produce. In theory this allowed a single distillery to make several different types of spirit. In practice the Lomond stills were awkward and difficult to maintain. The Lomond stills at Miltonduff were replaced with tradition pot stills in 1981. Mosstowie is an exceptionally rare single malt. Nose: lots of vanilla, linseed oil, some earthy notes and a faint trace of smoke. Palate: soft, sweet and round, very malty and a lovely palate; brown sugar and spicy oak with some caramelized white fruits. Finish: clean, round and rich, with moderate length.
Suntory Yamazaki 18 Year
$95.84
Tasting Note Courtesy of Whisky Magazine: Nose: Rich and slightly sweet though with a balanced oakiness. Walk in the woods: apple and violet, an old log cabin in the summer heat. Palate: Though lighter than the nose suggests this has class. Leafy, almost mossy. Pine woods, violet again and a dusty rooty quality but sufficient sweetness to add depth and complexity. Finish: Good length. Pomegranate.
The Japanese having been making single malt whisky for more than 80 years and this is an excellent example. Matured in sherry casks it is very smooth, with raisin and sherry notes.
OMC KWM Port Ellen 25 Year
$224.99
Our private bottling of Port Ellen was selected from a number of casks belonging to Douglas Laing of Glasgow, Scotland. Matured in a Refill-Sherry Butt 210 bottles of the whisky have been bottled at a cask strength of 54.7%. Distilled in the months before Port Ellen closed its doors forever, our bottling matured 25 years before bottling.
Highland Park 40 Year
$1,854.99
My tasting note from Highland Park Distillery on Monday September 8th 2008. 48.3% Nose: strawberries and whipped cream, fresh peach, crème brule and white chocolate; palate: dark fruits in fresh whipped cream with dark chocolate, honey and smoke show up later; finish: buttery and mouthwatering with honey, fresh fruit and rich cream. As my friend Jane would say, "it tastes like more!" Although Highland Park has not positioned this whisky to be a collectible, it is beautifully packaged and a real treasure.
Bruichladdich Octomore 6.3 Islay Barley
$175.49
This is the first Octomore release produced entirely from Islay barley. The barley was grown and harvested at Lorgba, a single field on Octomore farm in 2008 by farmer James Brown. The whisky is peated to 258ppm and has been bottled at 64%. The whisky was matured 5 years in ex-Bourbon barrels.
Distiller's Tasting Note
Nose: It opens with the call of the sea, the thundering west coast waves driving a gentle mist onto the moorland and tempting the wild plants to release their unique aromas. Notes of myrtle, meadowsweet, mint and heather flowers drift across the nose. Wild thyme and red clover dance in perfect harmony with the strong uplifting peatiness of the Islay grown barley. It’s exhilarating, and seriously dramatic.
Palate: When the heat of the peat fires cool there is a spontaneous detonation of soft red grapes, cherries, Russian toffee, bitter chocolate, maple syrup and mellow oak. It is a taste like no other, a whisky cut loose, unhindered, unchanged. This is sorcery.
Finish: Long and strong, it warms the soul and lifts the heart. It evokes memories of those early years when the sweat of men instilled the spirit with a unique character. Join us as we look to the past, celebrating our Islay DNA while journeying into the future in a never-ending quest for the rainbow’s end.