Tomatin Cask Strength
$83.99
Matured in a 50/50 mix of Ex-Bourbon barrels and Oloroso Sherry Butts, this is the first cask strength whisky to be added to the core range. Bottled without colouring or chill filtering this first edition of the cask strength has been bottled at 57.5%. Interesting little Easter Egg is that 57.1 is also the lattitude of Tomatin Distillerry!
Andrew's Tasting Note
Nose: leather, Christmas cake, chocolate, warm ginger snaps from the oven and citrus airfreshner; nutty, molten brown sugar, candied fruits and mixed Christmas nuts.
Palate: big, rich and spicy, massively sherried; huge, brooding and drying nutty Oloroso sherry notes; firm leather, wet muddy leaf litter, more candied fruits in medium dark chocolate and tingling spices: cinnamon hearts, candied ginger and some clove just pulled out of honey baked ham.
Finish: long, leathery and very sherried; drying and nutty with fading Oloroso sherry, chocolate and spice.
Comment: bang for buck, if you want a lot of sherry and a high abv at a low price... this is your malt!
Distiller's Tasting Note:
Nose: Golden syrup. Orange and lemon. Pears. Walnuts. Ginger biscuits. Gets sweeter with time.
Palate: Marzipan, burnt sugar. Toasted malt loaf. Chestnuts. Polished leather. Vanilla flavoured tobacco.
Finish: Dry, with a developing spiciness.
Adelphi Glen Garioch 2011
$174.99
11 Year Old Glen Garioch, distilled in 2011. Bottled at 59.3% after maturing in a first fill ex-Bourbon Barrel. Cask number 2366.
Old Malt Cask Fettercairn 14 Year
$144.99
This Old Malt Cask Bottling of Fettercairn was englassed at 50%, as is tradition, after 14 years in a Refill Hogshead cask.
G&M Private Collection Clynelish 1972 50
$16,800.00
50-Year-Old Clynelish. That's not something you hear every day. This vintage 1972 Clynelish, was matured and bottled by Gordon & MacPhail as part of their Private Collection. Only 135 bottles of this 50-Year-Old were produced. It was matured in a hogshead and bottled at 58% — not bad for a half century old whisky!
anCnoc 18 Year
$154.99
The anCnoc 18 Year is a great addition to the brand's stable. It won Highland Malt Whisky of the Year 13-20 Year, World Whiskies Awards 2016. The whisky is matured in both Ex-Sherry and Ex-Bourbon barrels; 46%. Only 6,000 bottles releases around the world.
Producer Description: "The anCnoc 18 Year Old has matured in Spanish oak ex-sherry casks and American oak ex-bourbon barrels and has been bottled in its most natural form, neither chill-filtered nor coloured. As a result this dram may develop a light haze with the addition of water or if kept at a cold temperature. This haze is a natural characteristic of whisky that is non chill-filtered."
Glendronach 8 Year The Hielan
$91.99
Bottled at 46% the Hielan is composed of a mix of Ex-Bourbon & Ex-Sherry Casks. The name is a "a heartfelt tip of the hat to the extraordinary Forgue distillery, Glendronach’s spiritual home in the Highlands and one of Scotland’s oldest distilleries." We're not entirely sure what that means, but we'll take it as is. Looking forward to sampling it and providing our own tasting note.
Old Malt Cask Ben Nevis 12 Year
$217.99
This 2011 vintage Ben Nevis was matured a dozen years in a Refill ex-Bourbon Barrel before bottling at 50%.
Old Malt Cask Royal Brackla 13 Year
$171.99
This 2009 vintage Royal Brackla was matured 13 years in a Refill ex-Bourbon Barrel before bottling at 50%.
Signatory 100 Proof Miltonduff 8 Yr #55
$117.99
This 8 year old Miltonduff is a from a 2015 parcel of 1st Fill ex-Bourbon Barrels, bottled under Signatory's 100 Proof range at 57.1%.