Cooper's Choice Invergordon 1987 49.5%
$184.99
This 1987 Invergordon comes to us from indie bottler Cooper's Choice - who has a knack for bottling very good single grains. Aged in a Bourbon Cask and bottled at 49.5% ABV and 30 years of age. Invergordon Distillery is owned by Whyte & Mackay, who are more well-known for also owning the Dalmore and Jura Distilleries.
Whisky Agency Secret Grain 1976 KWM
$339.99
Bottled exclusively for KWM, a 42 year old partial Hogshead cask of Single Grain Scotch Whisky, distilled in 1976 at a Secret Grain Distillery. We don't know which Grain Distillery for sure, probably Girvan, but a Lowland Grain Distillery to be sure. Bottled at 46.2%.Only 72 bottles came in, with about a dozen left!
Andrew's Tasting Note
Nose: silky, decadent, toasty and antique-y with floral and fruity tones; quintessentially grain, with loads of complexity; marzipan, orange pith and soft toasted oak.
Palate: soft, toasty and very silky; wow, lush, elegant and antique-y; sweet, honeyed and fruity with loads of citrus and melons; toasted oak and decadent hot spices build up; loads vanilla, more marzipan and even a touch of chocolate; late salty tones, and Marcona almonds.
Finish: long, decadent, toasty and coating; still silky and creamy with citrus and melons.
Comment: spectacular stuff, whether you are a fan of grain whiskies or not; antique-y but fresh and very fruity; no sign of the bitterness which can come with advanced age; shame we have a total of just 48 bottles coming, because this is a cask we would have most definitely gone bigger on!
Cadenhead Small Batch Cambus 28 Year
$217.49
Distilled at Cambus in 1991, this Single Grain from Cadenhead was aged for 28 years in an ex-Bourbon hogshead then bottled at a cask strength of 55.8%.
Producer Tasting Note
Nose: Honey, spice, marshmallows and crunch nut cornflakes. Creamy with a lemon balm note running through the middle
Palate: Caramel wafers, honeycomb, satsumas and peaches in syrup.
Finish: Long lingering honey, apple juice and star anise.
Duncan Taylor Octave Girvan 2007 52.4%
$94.99
A single sherry Octave finished bottling of Girvan single grain Scotch whisky, distilled in 2007 and bottled after 11 years at 52.4%.
Producer Tasting Note
Before: Citrusy, lemon peel, fresh, malty, apple skins.
After Octivation: Sugared almonds, grassy, juicy oak, cherries, marzipan.
Blackadder Riverstown Invergordon 30 Yr
$209.99
Exclusive to KWM!
Bottled under the Riverstown label, by Blackadder, this 1984 Invergordon was bottled after 30 years in a Sherry Butt at 64.3%.
Blackadder Raw Cask Invergordon 88 51.5%
$139.99
This 30 year old bottling of Invergordon Single Grain Scotch was distilled in Calgary's Olympic year, way back in 1988. From a refill sherry cask, it was bottled at a cask strength of 51.5% ABV.
Scotch Malt Whisky Society G7.16
$298.99
ELIXIR OF EUPHORIA
This 28 year old single grain whisky from the Lowlands is 55.1%; after 26 years in a bourbon barrel it was moved into a new oak barrel for the remainder of its maturation.
Flavour profile: Deep, rich & dried fruits.
Outturn: 128 bottles.
Panel's tasting note: "What a nose! Cola cubes, candy corns, rumtopf and apricot flan with shisha pipes, pomegranate molasses and polished wood - it’s aromatherapy in a glass! The palate is a chewy, juicy elixir of euphoria – pineapple, toffee apples, Old English Spangles, grenadine and blackcurrant-soaked oak – then a finishing flicker of mulled wine and wood spice.
The reduced nose is a delightful chameleon of glazed plums, honey, jelly beans, golden syrup on buttered toast and Amarena cherries. The palate now – wickedly seductive and sweet – Peshawari naan and dessert wine. After 26 years in a bourbon barrel we moved this into new oak."
Compass Box Hedonism Felicitas
$214.99
Limit 1 Per Customer!
One of the 20th Aniversary releases Compass Box is putting out in 2020. The name Felicitas is a reflexion of the happy state in which the Compass Box team find themselves, marking this significant milestone. This Blended Grain Scotch Whisky is built around a parcel of Port Dundas from 2001 which was loaded with vanilla and orchard fruits. It was blended with North British whisky distilled in the 1990s. Bottled at 53%.
Producer Tasting Note: "Creamy coconut intertwines with notes of caramel, vanilla and almond. Apple and greengage add a delicious weight with a soft finish packed with creamy toffee."
Producer Description
"Hedonism Felicitas pays tribute to the whisky that launched our business 20 years ago. ‘Felicitas’, meaning a particularly productive or happy state, seemed apt when reflecting on such a milestone. This latest special Limited Edition is intended to convey the good fortune and happiness we feel, having met and worked with so many remarkable people during our first two decades. As a celebration of this important anniversary, this whisky is for them.
'The largest single component was distilled in 2001 at the Port Dundas Distillery and is full of wood spice, toffee and honey. A third of the recipe was made in the 1980s at the Strathclyde Distillery, providing vanilla cream and orchard fruit notes. Barrels filled with spirit from the North British Distillery in the 1990s complete the recipe and lend passion fruit and cardamom notes. Hedonism Felicitas is at once vibrant and stately: the higher bottling strength concentrates its luscious depths without any loss of the disarming gentleness for which aged grain whisky is rightly praised."
Dumangin Whisky Cambus 26 Year Grain
$319.99
Our friend Gilles Dumangin, a 4th generation Champagne producer near Reims, also produces a fortified wine called Ratafia Champenois. He has secured whiskies from distilleries all over the world, which he has finished in his own Ratafia casks. They are exclusive to KWM in Canada, with just 24 bottles of each coming in to the market. This single grain Scotch whisky from the Cambus Distillery was distilled in 1993. It was bottled at 49.9% after 26 years. It was finished 9 Months in Ratafia Champenois Casks.