The Nikka Taketsuru Malle on the Road
$4,599.99
Only 60 of the Nikka Taketsuru Malle suitcases have been produced, with but 2 of them coming to Canada exclusively to Kensington Wine Market. One has sold, so there is but one left. Includes Taketsurus Pure Malt, 12 Year, 17 Year, 21 Year and 25 Year!
From the Producer: "It was a long and winding road for Masataka Taketsuru, founder of Nikka Whisky, before he could finally distill his first whisky in Japan. A battered trunk and some old hand-written notebooks exhibited at the Yoichi distillery bear witness to his journey to Scotland, almost 100 years ago, along which he developed a true passion for whisky, but also fell in love with his future wife Rita. It is this road, traveled by the one known today as the “father of Japanese whisky,” which served as an inspiration for a modern-day case, which brings together 5 precious whiskies bearing his name: Taketsuru Pure Malt, the no-longer produced Taketsuru 12 year old bottling, the multi-award-winning Taketsuru 17 year old and 21 year old, as well as the extremely rare Taketsuru 25 year old. To crown it all, two reproductions of Masataka Taketsuru’s notebooks (in Japanese) complete this sensorial journey with an imaginative one: what awaited the young Japanese man as he was just setting off on this road.”
Caldera Hurricane 5
$44.99
Caldera Distillery is located in River John, Nova Scotia. The distillery is named after a ship that was built in River John way back in 1884. This bottle takes its name from a Hurricane that hit the coast of Atlantic Canada on October 18th, 1939. Caldera now grows it’s own grain which include Rye, Corn and Barley for their whiskey production.
The first release of Caldera Hurricane 5 (batch #0001) was sourced from a distillery in Western Canada. After it was distilled using Caldera’s own grain to Distiller Jarret Stuart’s specifications It was shipped to Caldara to finish aging and be bottled at 40% ABV.
Sovereign Invergordon 50 Year
$1,099.99
Exclusive to KWM!
This 50 year old Invergordon Single Grain Scotch Whisky was put into cask in March of 1966 and bottled at 50% after maturing in a Refill Hogshead cask in April of 2016. Only 12 bottles are coming to Alberta. The perfect gift for anyone turning 50!
Producer Tasting Note
"The nose is sweet and mellow with notes of vanilla, sherbet and butter shortbread. The palate is fruity and effervescent with aspects of dark chocolate and vanilla. The finish is long and dry with sweet fruits and a hint of oak.”
Cooper's Choice Family Silver 1972 Blend
$299.99
The Cooper's Choice 25th Anniversary Family Silver bottling is a 44 year old Blend created with a rare old single malt and two rare old single grains, all distilled in 1972. The blend consists of 40% Lochside 1972 Single Malt, 30% Garnheath 1972 Single Grain; and 30% Invergordon 1972 Single Grain. The whiskies were married in a single cask, yielding just 480 bottles. Only 30 are coming to Alberta, exclusively to KWM.
Producer's Tasting Note
Nose: Coconut and stewed fruits. Orange blossom.
Palate: Oaky vanilla. Peaches. Chocolate orange and tropical fruits. Exceptionally smooth.
Finish: Soft and sweet. The fruit and coconut lingers long in the memory." - $300
Andrew's Tasting Note
Nose: very oily, decadent and juicy; loads of creamed honey, Scottish tablet, floral tones, waxy pears and corn syrup; honeydew melon, peaches and some bright orange.
Palate: thick, creamy, coating, decadent and fruity; warm oatmeal with cream and brown sugar; more waxy pears, dried apricot, honeydew melon and orange pith; soft, decadent crisp spices; still sweet and decadent with clean silky grains notes.
Finish: long, coating, creamy and silky with floral vanilla and more soft fruits: melon, citrus and apricots.
Comment: this whisky is both showing its age, but still very lithe and elegant; there are no bitter edges in this grain forward blend; not mind blowing but very good, especially for the price! - $300
Sovereign Carsebridge 50 Year
$1,149.99
This is one of just a handful of Carsebridge bottlings I've ever seen, and the first and only one to come to KWM in recent memory. It was distilled distilled in October 1965, filled in to a Refill Hogshead cask, 1187, and bottled at 41.5%. Only 12 bottles are coming to Alberta, exclusively to KWM.
About Carsebridge Distillery: The distillery was opened in 1799 ‘near the Carse Bridge in the parish of Alloa’, on the other side of the Firth of Forth from Edinburgh. The distillery produced malt whisky until 1852, when having noticed the increasing demand for grain whisky, the owner John Bald the 2nd, installed a pair of Coffey stills (continuous or grain stills), converting the distillery to a Grain distillery. The Distillery would become the second largest in the Country, second only to Edingburgh's Caledonian distillery. In 1877 the distilery was one of the fonding partners of DCL or Distiller's Company Limited. The distillery was closed in 1983 and its buildings demolished in 1990. The last vestige of the ditillery, its cooperage, was closed in 2011 and moved to Cambus distillery.
VC Twa Cask Highland Blended Malt
$75.99
Millstone 100 Rye KWM Cask
$87.99
This is our first exclusive cask of 100% rye whisky, as well as our first ever exclusive cask of whisky from the Netherlands. This 100% rye whisky is made from a mash of 50% malted and 50% unmalted rye grain. The rye grain was milled in Dutch windmills, distilled in a pot still and matured in a single virgin American oak cask, bottled at 53.2%. Only 144 bottles!
Andrew's Tasting Note
Nose: sweet, creamy and honeyed with fresh Jujubes and dill pickle juice; some orange sherbet and vanilla icing sugars; toasted oak and firm spices; doughy and fresh with a hint of liquorice.
Palate: big, round and earthy; perfumed and oily; more liquorice and assorted fresh Jujubes; tangy citrus meets spicy-oily rye tones; juicy and toasty with Demerara sugars.
Finish: big, rich, bold and lasting; fruits, liquorice and spices linger through a long creamy finish.
Comment: the virgin oak has leant this whisky and maturity and richness beyond its years, also a silky backbone which tames the bold 100 rye spirit.
Evan's Tasting Note
Nose: Doughy and spicy. Mint, lime jujubes, cloves, rye spices, blackberries, damp earth and leaves in the fall, dark chocolate, espresso, chai plus many different wood notes including oak, pine, juniper maple and cedar.
Palate: Rye bread, pumpernickel, hints of blackstrap molasses, mint, blackberry compote, cherries, black liquorice, wood spices, coffee, nutmeg and a hint of maple syrup.
Finish: Spicy, rich, warm and inviting.
Comments: This is all over the map with sweet, spicy, oily, drying and cooling notes all intermingling. Not quite as thick and syrupy as the Millstone 100 Rye but it shows more spiciness and mint notes.
G&M Distillery Label Imperial 1997
$264.99
Imperial is likely to be the next closed distillery whisky to fall victim to out of control Whiskyflation. I am by the way claiming credit for that word… Imperial was closed in 1998 and demolished in 2013 after it was discovered the distillery was not in good enough condition to reopen. A modern new “green distillery” Dalmunach was built in its place! Bottled at 43%, after matruing in First Fill & Refill Sherry
Andrew's Tasting Note
Nose: soft leather and rich sherry strike first; dark fruits, chocolate and damp cigar tobcco; maple syrup and French roast coffee dregs with Demerara sugar; candied fruits and big orange.
Palate: creamy, fruity and nutty; loads of sherry tones: appricots, cooked raisins and figs soaking in honey; melting butter and maple syrup on wholewheat blueberry pancakes; soft nutty tones and a side of honeydew melon.
Finish: long and gentle with fading sweet syrup, butter and fruit tones.
Comment: this is more sherried than Gordon Macphail's 1996 Imperial, but still a light, delicate malt; another lovely expression of Imperial, a malt tht will soon be affected by Whiskyflation; the youngest whiskies from the distillery are now 22 years of age or older...
Producer Tasting Note
Nose without Water Sweet Sherry influences with vanilla, red apple, and dried fruit aromas. Plum and chopped walnut notes develop lifted by a touch of lemon peel. Palate without Water Sweet initially followed by cracked black pepper, orange, and hints of chocolate. Liquorice undertones mingle with charred oak on the finish. Nose with Water Aromas of prunes in syrup, raspberry, and cocoa powder combine with brown sugar. A subtle crystallised rose petal note is detected. Palate with Water Sweet and creamy with hints of cinnamon spice, dried cherry, and orange flavours mingle with chocolate on the tongue. A subtle hint of leather leads to oak on the finish. Body Medium. Finish Long and fruity with lingering spice.
Carn Mor Blair Athol 5 Year
$76.99