Lochlea Smoke Without Fire
$85.99
Bottled at 46% after maturing in ex-Peated Refill Bourbon Barrels and ex-Red Wine Casks. Part of the Lochlea Single Estate, core range whiskies.
Producer Description
"A delicately smoky single malt, evolving from our Ploughing Edition, this expression is matured in a combination of ex-peated refill Bourbon barrels and red wine casks, offering a beautifully balanced profile of soft red fruits, floral sweetness, and gentle bonfire smoke. This whisky captures the subtle complexity of peat influence without overpowering the spirit’s natural elegance."
Lochlea Cask Strength Batch 3
$114.99
The third release of Lochlea Cask Strength is a marriage of Oloroso Sherry Butts & ex-Islay Peated Casks bottled at 59.8%.
Old & Rare Caol Ila 32 Year
$1,099.99
This 1991 Old & Rare Caol Ila from Hunter Laing was bottled at 41% after 32 years in a Refill Hogshead cask.
North Star Caol Ila 18 Year
$204.99
This 2007 vintage Caol Ila was bottled at 54.4%, and 18 years of age, after finishing the last 5 in a French Oak Pinot Noir cask. Limit 1 Per Customer!
Yamazaki 18 Year
$1,249.99
Limit 1 Per Customer!
Producer Description
"The Yamazaki whisky is Suntory's flagship single malt whisky, from Japan’s first and oldest malt distillery. With a range of options from Yamazaki Distiller's Reserve to 12, 18, and 25 years old, all of these prized whiskies contain carefully blended components aged in American, Spanish, and Japanese Mizunara oak."
Ardnamurchan Peated Sauternes Cask
$115.99
This fully peated Ardnamurchan was initially matured in ex-Bourbon casks for 3 years, before finishing for another 3.5 years in Sauternes casks. 50%.
Millstone 7 Year Pajarete Cask
$101.99
This curious Dutch single malt was matured 7 years in Pajarete wine casks, before bottling at 46%. There is a connection between Pajarete wine, and the legendary (though also infamous) Paxarette casks used by the Scotch industry until they were banned in the early 1990s. Millstone's whisky was matured in proper Pajarete wine casks.
Paxarette casks were created by Scottish cooperages who would inject new or tired old casks with a sweet wine made from a concentrated Pedro Ximenez sherry wine (including the grape must) at high pressure. The whiskies matured in these casks took on a deep colour, with an intense, sweet, and fruity profile. The casks were banned by the Scotch whisky association in the 1990s, though laws in Spain preventing the export of un-bottled sherry also played a part.
Producer Description
"This malt whisky is dark, rich, and luscious. The whisky expresses those typical notes that you would expect from a full maturation in a Pajarete wine cask. In spite of the full maturation in Pajarete casks the first impression is fresh more than sweet. When you give the whisky a little time in your glass, the whisky shines with its warm and complex character. The unique qualities of this whisky come from the use of a crystal clear wort that is slowly fermented for 7 days, and the slow distillation method with the relatively early cut point. After distillation the whisky had a full maturation in Pajarete casks that give the whisky its beautiful colour and adds to the elegant sweetness and rich leathery notes."
Decadent Drams Ardnamurchan 7 Year
$229.99
Bottled at 53%, this 7 year old Ardnamurchan is the product of whisky from 2017 and 2018, including 2 peated malts matured in refill Oloroso (2017) and an unpeated malt matured in 1st fill Oloroso Sherry (2018).
Producer Description
"This is a sort of sequel to Whisky Sponge Edition No.100. We took a similar approach but on a smaller scale and with a slightly lower targeted bottling strength of 53%. The objective being to achieve immediate and maximum quaffability, while once again drilling into this rich profile of peat, small cask influence and sherry. We took three octaves of Ardnamurchan to make this bottling: two sibling v.17 peated refill oloroso octaves were marred for around four months in a refill barrel with a v.18 unpeated first fill oloroso octave. The result, we are confident, is lip-smackingly delicious!"
Decadent Drams Bowmore 14 Year
$419.99
Bottled at 53%, this 2011 Bowmore was bottled after 14 years in a Refill Cask. 88.22pts Whiskybase
Producer Description
"This is Bowmore in its purest form: an 14-year-old (distilled in 2011) that puts the distillery’s character front and centre. Matured in refill wood and bottled at 53% after a touch of reduction, it’s all about clarity and precision rather than oak influence. Expect smoke and seawater, elegant dry peat, and a citrus-edged fruit profile that keeps things lifted and bright. Originally destined for full cask strength, it showed its best self with just a few degrees brought down – a decision that lets the spirit’s elegance truly sing. A Bowmore for those who want distillery character unfiltered, uncompromised, and utterly compelling."