Carn Mor Blair Athol 5 Year
$76.99
Yamazakura Blended Japanese Whisky
$69.99
First Edition Glen Grant 1992 25 Year
$179.99
Macaloney's Blended Malt Highland
$92.99
Compass Box No Name No. 2
$171.99
Bottled at 48.9%, this second edition of No Name, by Compass Box, is composed of predominantly Caol Ila, blended with Clynelish, Talisker and a mystery Highland Blend. Composed of whiskies matured in Sherry seasoned oak, American oak Hogshead and French oak. 88pts Whisky Fun.
Andrew's Tasting Note
Nose: round, creamy, doughy, floral and fruity with a summer-y maritime effervescence; juicy, malty and honeyed with a velvety nose feel; oodles of citrus: juicy orange, lemon oil and dried apricots; a firm hint of clean smoke emerges later, with soft muddy oily peat and a touch of potpourri.
Palate: starts bold and creamy, going through waves of flavour and intensity; buttery-creamy vanilla, tarry peat and cigar ash; chocolaty with hot spices: is that Talisker chili oil poking through?; seafood-y Caol Ila notes are there too; juicy citrus, chewy malt, melons, apricot and even a touch of tropical fruits; salted caramel, fennel seeds and Dutch licorice.
Finish: long, coating and creamy with soft vanilla, bright fruits and hot spices; cigar smoke and tarry peat; like the palate, lots of layers.
Comment: anyone hoping for a repeat of No Name No.1 will be disappointed; those in search of a complex, layered and elegant pleated malt will find themselves full satisfied; a worthy successor to the first release!
Producer Tasting Note: "Highly complex peatiness and smokiness, accented by delicate cherry fruit notes. Full and concentrated on the palate, an interplay of peaty flavours develops throughout the long, satisfying finish."
Producer Description: "For this, the second Limited Edition of the No Name series, we’re again allowing the whisky to speak for itself. Still very smoky indeed, there is a new depth and delicacy. To borrow a musical analogy, No Name was peat as power chord; No Name, No. 2 has brought some harmonics to the party. Built around an elegantly smoky Islay malt matured in refill Sherry butts, the second peated whisky we have used comes from the Isle of Skye. To these we added some old and ethereal single malt whisky from the Northern Highland village of Brora and just a dash of malt whisky finished in new French oak to add an underlying richness."
"No Name, No. 2 will transport you straight to the peat bogs and malt kilns of Scotland’s West Coast. Weighty on the palate, hugely complex and concentrated, No Name, No. 2 also introduces a degree of delicacy. Our second whisky in the series offers an elegant mix of dried fruit notes, reminiscent of red cherries, and even a floral quality. Those who snapped up No Name, and who are familiar with The Peat Monster, will love this latest exploration of the smoky whisky spectrum. No Name, No. 2 proves that peat is far from one-dimensional."
88pts Whisky Fun
"Hold on, N°2, isn’t that a name? And isn’t ‘no name’ a name as well? Love these wee paradoxes, they’re always fun. It’s like that story about some Iranian politicians who never knew how to write, in their new constitution, that it was henceforth forbidden to write the word ‘wine’. Anyway, this new baby should be rather peaty… Colour: white wine. Nose: new wellies, new tyres, new Ford, then ice wine, fresh walnuts and paraffin, then more fresh walnuts, mashed potatoes and honeysuckle. It is pretty complex, and not that peaty! Mouth: smart. Starts very dry, ashy, tarry and almost new-plastic-like again, but gets then progressively fruitier, almost bonbony. Melon sweets, Jell-O, wine gums… All that while a grassier, more peppery peat keeps singing in the back. This baby’s almost like a big band, with a roaring rhythm section and the soloists taking their turns one after the other. Johnny Hodges, Paul Gonsalves, Cat Anderson, Ray Nance, Clark Terry… Indeed, the Duke Ellington Orchestra. Finish: long and more coastal. Seawater, lemons, oysters, waxes. Comments: it is clearly coastal, and really very excellent. The packaging is superb, the price a little less so. But this is 2019, is it not. SGP:566 - 88 points."
GlenAllachie 1989 Cask 100049 29 Year
$599.99
This 29 year old GlenAllachie single cask was bottled at 58.1% after maturing in a Single Sherry Butt.
Producer Tasting Note
Nose: An infusion of marmalade, bananas, sweet spices with a hint of fresh leather.
Tate: A compote of bananas, sultanas and mocha with delicate oak wood.
Shinobu Pure Malt Whisky
$97.99
Compass Box GKS KWM Marrying Cask
$93.99
This is our second KWM exclusive Compass Box bottling, and there are just 210 bottles. The blend was composed of Cameronbridge, Linkwood, Highland Malt Blend and Clynelish between 7 and 13 years of age. It was put in to a French oak cask for marrying, where it continued to mature for two days shy of two additional years.
Recipe:
- 46% Cameronbridge from a Rechar Bourbon Barrel
- 8% Linkwood from a First Fill Sherry Butt
- 16% Highland Malt Blend from a Custom French Oak Heavily Toasted Barrel
- 30% Clynelish from a Rechar Bourbon Barrel
Producer Description
This unique bottling has been created especially from a single marrying cask used to mature the whisky after initial blending has taken place. Secondary maturation--a process used for every Great King Street whisky--used to be commonplace within the world of Scotch, but has become a lost art over the past 100 years. Full details of the specific marrying cask used to mature this whisky can be found on the front of this bottle (it was finished two days shy of 2 years in a French Oak Barrel / 210 total bottles).We hope you find this information enlightening! Drink this Single Marrying Cask bottling any way you like, and above all share & enjoy."
First Edition Girvan 1979 38 Year
$399.99
A single Refill Hogshead Cask of Girvan, distilled in 1979 and bottled in 2018 after 38 years at 50.3%.
Producer Tasting Note
Rich sweet notes of Vanilla. Toffee and a heady resinous element on the nose. A smooth and creamy palate with caramel, vanilla custard and aromatic wood notes leads into a long, sweet, slightly oaky finish.