SMWS 19.102: EFFORTLESS MINDFULNESS
$354.99
EFFORTLESS MINDFULNESS
This 21 year old Highlander was matured in a 1st fill ex-bourbon hogshead and has an abv of 53.2%.
Flavour profile: Sweet, fruity & mellow
Distilled on: 17 February 2003
Outturn: 247 bottles
SMWS 35.340 MERRY WITH SHERRY
$229.99
MERRY WITH SHERRY
This 16 year old Speysider spent 13 years in an ex-bourbon hogshead before transfer to a 1st fill oloroso hogshead, and has an abv of 60.1%.
Flavour profile: Deep, rich & dried fruits
Distilled on: 30 January 2006
Outturn: 242 bottles
Decadent Drams Tullibarine 11 Year
$219.99
This 11 year old Tomatin, originally distilled in 2013, was bottled at 53% from a 2nd Fill Sherry Hogshead.
Producer Description
"Drawn from a second-fill sherry hogshead, this 2013 Tullibardine has spent 11 years finding its balance. Bottled at a sessionable 53% after a few degrees’ reduction, it shows the best of both worlds: robust Highland malt character in step with elegant, restrained sherry influence. It’s a whisky that speaks with clarity – fruit and malt still shining through the sherry’s warmth – and drinks with ease. Charismatic, balanced, and dangerously quaffable."
Decadent Drams Tomatin 10 Year
$224.99
This 2014 vintage Tomatin was bottled at 53% after 10 years in a 2nd Fill Sherry Hogshead. 87.86pts Whiskybase
Producer Description
"This 10 year old, 2014 Tomatin has been selected for our Decadent Drams series by Nigel the Capercaillie. It has been matured in a 2nd fill sherry hogshead and bottled with a few degrees reduction to Nigel's preferred dramming strength of 53%. Despite considerable protestation from Nigel, we put a picture of him on the label to celebrate this collab."
Whiskyland Ch.17 Glen Moray 31 Year
$859.99
This is a multivintage bottling of Glen Moray, a marriage of whiskies from 1990, 1991, and 1992, from Refill Hogsheads and Refill Sherry Hogsheads, bottled at 31 years and 50.5%.
Producer Description
"Whiskyland Chapter Seventeen is a bit of an experiment. A mixing together of Glen Moray single malt from three different cask types and vintages. Small amounts of whisky from one refill sherry and two refill bourbon hogsheads, were all married together in that most romantic of vessels, an IBC, to create a small-batch 31 year old Glen Moray that's richly fruity, waxy and honeyed with abundant old school Speyside character. There are certainly parts of Whiskyland which are goverened by chaos, but this bottling comes from one of Whiskyland's more serene places, where balance and harmony are very much the rule. We hope this wee Glen Moray demonstrates those same qualities..."
Bruichladdich Islay Barley 2014
$107.99
This unpeated Bruichladdich is a 2014 vintage, produced from Propino and Concerto barley varietals, grown at 5 farms on Islay: "Coull, Rockside, Island, Mulindry, Cruach, Dunlossit, Craigens and Sunderland Farms." The whisky was matured in: "matured in first-fill bourbon casks (80%) along with a combination of second-fill sherry butts (5%) and second-fill wine casks (15%)." 50%
Producer Description
"For almost two decades, we have shown the permanence of our commitment to barley provenance. Aided by the determination and resilience of our local farming partners, Bruichladdich Islay Barley 2014 is the latest vintage of the unpeated, locally grown single malt.
"Distilled using barley grown solely on Islay, the single malt truly celebrates place and provenance. The latest Islay Barley vintage is distilled from barley grown on eight local farms, all within an 11-mile radius of Bruichladdich Distillery.
"Fully traceable from farm to glass, Islay Barley 2014 has been matured in a combination of first-fill bourbon casks, sherry butts and second-fill wine casks, balancing the influence of the oak with the locally grown barley.
"The result is a cereal-forward single malt with notes of apricot and peach, malty digestive biscuit, and a hint of fresh grass. A subtle maritime note also lingers, nodding to the whisky’s all Islay harvest, distillation and maturation."
Bruichladdich Octomore 16.1
$269.99
This 5 year old Octomore was distilled in 2019, from a 2018 harvest, peated to 101.4ppm, and bottled after 5 years in ex-Bourbon casks at 59.3%.
Producer Description
"16.1 is crafted using 100% Scottish Mainland Concerto Barley, malted to 101.4 PPM and aged in cask for 5 years, with an ABV of 59.3%. This elegant liquid is matured in first-fill bourbon barrels, bringing forth intense peat smoke with surprising delicacy. Salted caramel, honeyed melon and apricot lead into chocolate and coconut, accompanied by a soft wave of earthy minerality and lingering smoke."
Berry's Glen Keith 1995 21 Year
$229.99
This 21 year old Glen Keith, a 1995 vintage was matured in cask 171273 (of unspecified type, but probably a refill American oak hogshead) and was bottled in 2017 at a cask strength of 49.8%. The whisky was discovered in one of Berry Bros.' warehouses, years after it was bottled, and offered to KWM as an archive release. The whisky was produced at the once closed (1999), then reopened (2013, and soon to be closed again* (2026 or 2027) Glen Keith Distillery.
*This is just a bit of black humour, we have absolutely no idea whether Glen Kinchie will remain open, or for how long. But of all of Pernod Ricard's distilleries, it is probably the most likely to be shut down... again... though it was refurbished in 2012. Maybe they will close Glenlivet instead!
Kavalan Triple Sherry Year of the Horse
$159.99
This special edition of Kavalan Triple Sherry was bottled for the Year of the Horse, and comes with a Kavalan copita glass. 40%
Producer Description
"Kavalan Triple Sherry Cask Single Malt Whisky is a rare combination of three exquisite sherry-aged casks — Oloroso, Pedro Ximénez, and Moscatel — with the dried fruits of Oloroso as its main character. Rich caramel and the sweetness of maltose are layered with the distillery's unique tropical fruits to create a delicate but distinct sherried whisky that can be enjoyed on easy-drinking occasions with friends."