Springbank CV
$53.99
According to the distillery's official tasting notes, this one is a mix of subdued sherry sweetness, subtle peat notes, menthol and eucalyptus, a meaty character with complex hints of sesame oil and soy sauce on the nose. The palate features subtle sherry notes with a depth of oak and spice, traditional Dunnage warehouses. The finish has flavours mainly coming from the sherry casks, although right at the end, there's a hint of port tannins. Less than 10 years old, this Springbank bottling was made to express what is at the heart of Springbank whisky. But what does CV mean? Chairman's Vat? Currriculum vitae? or Cuvee of Vintages?
Laphroaig 25 Year
$458.99
My Tasting Note: Nose: very fruity, peach crumble, doughy with tropical fruit notes, some salty-briny smoke and vanilla pods. Palate: creamy, fruity and very rich; some buttery-briny peat, with more lush tropical fruit notes, gentle smoke with sea breeze, burnt orange and traces of sherry. Finish: darker, peatier and saltier with loads of chocolate and spicy warming oak.
Caol Ila 10 Year Unpeated Ltd. Ed.
$93.59
Caol Ila distillery, est. 1846, has one of the most beautiful views of any distillery in Scotland, with the large windows of its still room opening across the Sound of Islay to the Isle of Jura and its famous Paps. This unpeated 10 year old has some heat, how could it not at 65.8% but there is much more to it than that: oily and spicy with lots of vanilla, apples and honey; peppery orange notes on the finish.
Duthies Ardbeg 16 Year
$82.79
My Tasting Note: Nose: meaty, oily, and smoky with sea breeze with a creamy undertone of vanilla and potpourri; Palate: classic Ardbeg... waves complexity, starts sweet and creamy before firm oily peaty coats your palate; thebig vanilla can only hold back the peat and smoke for so long; Finish: drying, smoky and sweet with soft oily peat coating your mouth for good measure. Exclusive to KWM!
Coopers Choise Laphroaig
$62.99
Tasting Note From Whisky Intelligence:Nose: peat reek, heather, juniper, malt dust and some sweet dessert wine notes, heather and juniper. Late bandages, cocoa and peanut shells. Taste: malty and full of peat reek; Hints of the heather, malt and cocoa along with some further sweetness that is in harmony with the peat smoke. Finish: malty and somewhat akin to peanut butter, oak notes and the heather and juniper.
Signatory Glenlossie 1984
$188.99
Glenlossie is a whisky that you rarely see bottled as a single malt. This bottlings is from a single sherry butt and is exclusive to the Kensington Wine Market. Nose: burnt citrus, ginger snaps, candied orange, aloe and flower shop; Palate: really spicy, big buttery sherry notes, milk chocolate, candied orange, burnt sugar and young Christmas cake. Finish: drying, sweet, spicy and long!
Brora 30 Year
$413.99
Brora is one of the most mourned distilleries in Scotland. Its peaty Highland whisky last made in 1983. This bottling got a 95/100 from John Hansell of Malt Advovate: This whisky has all the positive aspects of a very mature whisky (depth, complexity) without all the negative ones (excessive oak, one-dimensional). Very clean, but oily in texture, with honeyed vanilla, caramel, citrus (tangerine, orange, lemon), nectarine, olive brine, black pepper, ginger, cut grass, mustard seed, and just the hint of teasing smoke. Briny, spicy finish. Wonderful!
Glendronach Grandeur 31 Year
$521.99
SOLD OUT! Not expected to return to KWM!
This new special release cask strength Glendronach is a heavily sherried expression. Only 1,013 bottles were produced, however if it is well received, the distillery may make it a permanent bottling.
Distillery Tasting Notes:
Nose: fruits, nuts and berries enveloped in a coffee and mocha glaze. Subtle sweet sherry notes sticky date pudding.
Palate: Very big and gusty, yet with perfect balance. Initial spiced orange flavours and rich old Oloroso sherry are met mid-palate with roasted almonds, coffee and treacle. Dry almond and the oloroso sherry notes are balanced with sultanas, chocolate and honey.
Dalmore Mackenzie
$170.99
Ever wondered how the clan MacKenzie earned the right to the stag's head as its emblem. In 1263 King Alexander III of Scotland shot as stag with a single arrow while hunting, the infuriated beast charged the king with the intent of goring him when a quick thinking MacKenzie fell on the stag with his sword. In gratitude for saving his life the King granted the clan Macakenzie the use of the stags head in their coat of arms. Dalmore was operated and later owned by members of the Mackenzie family from 1867/1891 until 1960 when Mackenzie Brothers Ltd. merged with Whyte & MacKay. Every bottle features a stags head, with its 12 points signifying "royal"... The Dalmore Mackenzie is a port finished 1992 vintage Dalmore, bottled at 46% (finally) and packaged in a box featuring Benjamin West's Painting "The Fury of the Stagg" John Hansel of Malt Advocate gave the whisky 91pts. It is exclusive in Canada to KWM.