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Caol Ila / 2013 Distillers Edition

Summary: Country/Region: Scotland/Islay.
Unit: 70cl
ABV: 43%
Distilled/Bottled: 2001/2013
Each Distillers Edition expression undergoes a second (or ‘double’) maturation in casks that have previously held a fortified wine.
This extraordinarily stylish and complex expression of Caol Ila has been double-matured in carefully selected Moscatel casks. The wood is not over-evident and instead balances perfectly with this richly flavoured single malt.
Appearance: Clear gold.
Nose: Wonderfully concentrated pure, clean Caol Ila – peaty and medicinal, with rich fruit, spicy and fragrant. With water, the fragrant smokiness comes singing through.
Body: Medium.
Palate: Sweetness and maltiness strike first, then are quickly overwhelmed by peat smoke and intense, clean, crisp flavours. Caol Ila’s signature smoky bonfires are here, and build to quite a size. Overall, drying, in a beautifully balanced, complex, elegant development, complemented with cinnamon spice.
Finish: Long, rounded, robust and multi-layered.

Talisker / 2012 Distillers Edition

Summary: Country/Region: Scotland/Isle of Sky.
Unit: 70cl.
ABV: 45.8%.
Distilled/Bottled: 2001/2012.
“Crisp peat at first then softens to enormous richness in the mouth. There’s sweet, roasty malt with a heathery dryness. The sherry notes keep back some of the usual Talisker pepperiness. In its place is luscious, slightly oily sweetness – with ripe, juicy fruit and vanilla”
Donald John McEwen Process Operator
The Distillers Edition is unique: after its usual aging process in American oak casks, the whisky undergoes a second maturation in casks previously holding sherry. The result is older, sweeter and richer than the regular bottlings.
Appearance: Chestnut brown.
Nose: Sharp and well focussed; no lingering, rambling smoke here. A sultana sweetness. One of the most tantalising sherry noses – certainly the cleanest
Body: Full
Palate: Crisp peat then softens to great richness in the mouth. Sweet, roasty malt with heathery dryness. Sherry notes keep back some pepper. In its place is luscious, slightly oily sweetness with juicy fruit and vanilla.
Finish: Some very deep cocoa notes, vanilla and lingering quite earthy peat. An enormously chewable single malt, with sweetness having the edge on dryness.
 

St Magdalene / 1975 Gordon & Macphail Rare Edition

Summary: Country/Region: Scotland/Lowland.
Unit: 70cl.
ABV: 40%.
Age: 35 Year Old.
Distilled/Bottled: 1975/2010.
This Lowland Distillery took its name from St Magdalene's Cross, once a site of a medieval fair and leper colony. The Union Canal ran behind the distillery and not only supplied the cooling water, but in the distillery's heyday it was also the main method of supply, with barley and other materials brought in by barge to its jetty. The distillery was closed down in 1983, and sold for property development. Now a very rare single malt.
AROMA WITHOUT WATER: Sherry notes with strong fruit aromas – melons, red apples. Dry hessian note with a herbal aroma.
TASTE WITHOUT WATER: Sweet, with wine, oak and hop flavours. Some heather blossom (honey) elements are also present.
AROMA WITH WATER: Floral with polished oak influences initially. Subtle malt, dark chocolate and nuts aromas follow.
TASTE WITH WATER: A little smokiness initially followed by sweet, Sherry elements with floral flavours also present.
Miscellaneous: 164 Bottles from Cask.