Ledaig 10 Year
$61.19
Distillery Tasting Notes: "Nose: Rich island character with tantalising hints of grass, malt, gingerbread, stewed fruit syrup and finely polished oak. Palate: Smooth, velvety with fruity tangs and exquisitely spiced gingerbread and aniseed for a medium sweetness to treasure. Finish: Ginger and spicy oak, matched with bitter chocolate and almond that gently fades with a tail of sweet salty seas."
Tobermory 10 Year
$58.49
Distillery's Tasting Notes: Nose: Rich island character with tantalising hints of grass, malt, gingerbread, stewed fruit syrup and finely polished oak. Palate: Smooth, velvety with fruity tangs and exquisitely spiced gingerbread and aniseed for a medium sweetness to treasure. Finish: Ginger and spicy oak, matched with bitter chocolate and almond that gently fades with a tail of sweet salty seas
Tullibardine 1965
$480.59
My Tasting Note: Nose: like a nice soap shop, an air of fruits, flowers and perfume; complex but clean, layers of rich citrus notes, plumb, coconut cream and balanced oak; Palate: massively soft, homemade cream soda, blood orange, moist fruit cake and firm oak spices; tropical fruits develop with Highland toffee and chocolate fudge brownies; Finish: medium long and light with some sweet spice.
Glenmorangie Original 3 L 10
$229.94
The technical term for a 3L bottle is a Double Magnum or Jerobaum, the latter being a Biblical King of the Northern Kingdom. Glenmorangie distillery has the tallest stills in Scotland, which produce a very light, delicate spirit. After ten years maturing in the gentle Highland climate, the whisky is very balanced, sweet and complex. Soft with honey and a burst of citrus softening into vanilla and almonds.
Arran- The Westie
$68.39
Icons of Arran Westie 1998 – 46% - Sourced from 22 sherry hogsheads individually selected by Arran's Distillery Manager James MacTagart. – My Tasting Note: Nose: mini donuts with cinnamon sugar topping, honey, melon, rose petal and other floral notes; Palate: spicy, nutty and woody; brown sugar and melted butter; grassy earthy notes and floral broom; Finish: drying and leathery with more spice.
OMC St Magdalene 26 Year
$179.09
This Distillery has been closed since 1983 and its buildings have been made into flats. Distilled: September 1982 - Bottled October 2008 - DL Ref #4712 - 511 Bottles from a single Refill Butt - Bottler;s Tasting Note: "Nose: fresh, fruity with citric quality and late sweetness + vanilla; Palate: opens sweet with candied orange peel in chocolate; Finish: medium long and carries a tanginess or orange pith."
Bowmore 1981 28 Year
$441.89
Old Pulteney 21
$189.99
Sadly this gem of a whisky is gone forever!
Scotch Malt Whisky Society 10.125
$137.99
CHARRED STICKS IN A HONEY POT
This 9 year old from Islay was matured in a refill barrel and is 61.1%
Flavour profile: Lightly peated
Outturn: 224 bottles
Panel's tasting note: "A mineralic edge of crushed flint combined with salty sea breeze and freshly sanded oak with its vanilla laced sweetness being reminiscent of pink wafer biscuits. A delicate smoke shrouded the glass like charred bonfire embers but with a sweet coating of runny honey. With water a light fruitiness evolved with freshly juiced blood oranges and tangy gooseberry tart beside a rock pool. The palate carried a delightfully nutty character with salted pistachio nuts wrapped in a creamy blanket of thick milk shake and cranachan. Blackcurrant jam and sultanas followed before a lasting finish of sea salt on lemon skin."