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July 3, 2015 by Gary Leave a Comment

Bruichladdich / Organic Edition Mv £ 40.00

Bruichladdich / Organic Edition Mv
£ 40.00

New Arrivals

Arran / Lochranza Reserve
Arran / Lochranza Reserve

£ 32.50
Country: Scotland
Region: Islands
Age: 
Strength: 43.%
70cl

Summary: Country/Region: Scotland/Islands.
Unit: 70cl
ABV: 43%.
A citrus-y, light and elegant no-age-statement single malt Scotch whisky from the distillery on the Isle of Arran. The Lochranza Reserve replaced the Arran Original in mid-2014. The name comes from the village on the Isle of Arran where the distillery is located.

Caol Ila / Distillers Edition
Caol Ila / Distillers Edition

£ 63.50
Country: Scotland
Region: Islay
Age: 
Strength: 43.%
70cl

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.

Glenlochy / 17 Year Old Cadenheads 1977 Vintage
Glenlochy / 17 Year Old Cadenheads 1977 Vintage

£ 275.00
Country: Scotland
Region: Highlands
Age: 
Strength: 61.8%
75cl

Summary: Country/Region: Scotland/Highlands.
Unit: 75cl.
ABV: 61.8%.
Founded in 1898 by David McAndies, The Glenlochy Distillery commenced production in 1901, and it had been part of Diageo from 1953 until its transfer to Scotish Malt Distilleries Co.
Production ceased in 1983, when the distillery was definitely mothballed, just like so many others in that decade. The premises have been acquired by a local hotel group, West Coast Inns Ltd, that developed the site commercially, only retaining the kiln and the pagoda roof, which are declared historic buildings.
The house style is fruity, verging towards sweet, exotic fruitiness and coconut, vanilla and honey characters. The peat is delicate, and soft.
Barring a few independent bottlings (such as Gordon & MacPhail's) and an edition in Diageo's Rare Malts series, distillery bottlings are extremely rare and hard to find.
Nose: Coffee; leafy.
Palate: Green, floral, fresh. Another good cask with plenty of the grassy freshness the distillery was famed for.

Glenmorangie / 1978 Tain L'hermitage
Glenmorangie / 1978 Tain L'hermitage

£ 350.00
Country: Scotland
Region: Highlands
Age: 
Strength: 43.%
70cl

Summary: Country/Region: Scotland/Highlands.
Unit: 70cl.
ABV: 43%.
Distilled: 1978.
Miscellaneous: Only 1 bottle left.
Glenmorangie – The Men of Tain: Meet the Men of Tain, the select craftsmen entrusted with the secrets of our distillery. Men whose dedication, skill and attention to detail proves that the Glenmorangie story is not just about whisky, it's also about people.
A Dram For A Difficult Job: There was a time when the Men of Tain would queue up for a daily dram of whisky with their lunch. Huddled together they would pass around a metal cup – blackened through constant use – and share a joke at the expense of one of the lads. This tradition, as well as the practice of handing out an extra dram for unpopular jobs like cleaning out the washback, is still fondly remembered by some of our more long serving men. Perhaps a little too fondly you might say.
No box available for this whisky.

Lagavulin / 1996 Distillers Edition
Lagavulin / 1996 Distillers Edition

£ 80.00
Country: Scotland
Region: Islay
Age: 
Strength: 43.%
70cl

Summary: Country/Region: Scotland/Islay.
Unit: 70cl
ABV: 43%
Distilled/Bottled: 1996/2012
A much sought-after single malt with the massive peat-smoke that's typical of southern Islay – but also offering a dryness that turns it into a truly interesting dram.
Lagavulin is an intensely flavoured, smoky-sweet single malt with seaweed flavours and a huge finish, aged in oak casks for at least sixteen years.
Appearance: Deep amber gold.
Nose: Intensely flavoured, peat smoke with iodine and seaweed and a rich, deep sweetness.
Body: Full
Palate: A rich, dried fruit sweetness with clouds of smoke and strong, barley-malt flavours, warming with an intense flavour. At the back of the mouth is an explosion of peppery smoke.
Finish: Huge, long, warming and peppery with a distinct appetising sweetness.

Bruichladdich / Organic Edition Mv
Bruichladdich / Organic Edition Mv

£ 40.00
Country: Scotland
Region: Islay
Age: 
Strength: 46.%

Summary: Country/Region: Scotland/Islay.
ABV: 46%

Following on from our landmark Organic 2003 vintage, this release is a multi-vintage vatting in which Jim McEwan has brought together the finest organic barley from our farmers and partners, Sir William Roberts of Mains of Tullibardine, William Rose at Mid Coul and Neil Scobie at Coulmore.

This whisky was in 2011 awarded “Exceptional” status and three stars by the tasters of the prestigious Gault Millau and Michelin Superior Taste Awards – the only spirit to be so recognised. And these guys know their stuff!
Character: An elegant, composed and stylishly vibrant spirit that showcases the absolute finesse, purity, definition and elegance of organically grown barley.
Colour: Late summer barley.
Nose: Opens on a light almond note with a twist of candied lemon. Followed by the magical aromatics of toasted barley, floral and fruit notes with a hint of lemon honey intermingling beautifully. Toffee sweetness comes from American oak cask and as the spirit opens little drifts of succulent papaya, melon and kiwi can be found.
Palate: The texture is sensational, the spirit gliding over the palate like warm syrup. The taste buds love the purity and the sensational clarity of flavours being presented. A real sweetness on the front palate, barley sugar, honey almonds, green jelly beans, pear drops all splashed with fresh lemons and balanced by the crispness of malted barley.
Finish: An intensity and definition of flavour that is unparalleled. Incredibly fresh giving an unforgettable palate experience that leaves the taste buds tingling and overwhelmed.
Mood: Mischievous. Coy, flirtatious, Lolita. A breast-surging, bodice ripper: breathlessly virtuous.
 

Bruichladdich / 2006 Islay Barley
Bruichladdich / 2006 Islay Barley

£ 47.50
Country: Scotland
Region: Islay
Age: 
Strength: 50.%

Summary: Country/Region: Scotland/Islay.
ABV: 50%
This is the second release in the Uber-Provenance Islay Barley Series – whisky that is very dear to our hearts.
This spirit has been distilled from barley grown by our partner farmers (and good friends) here on Islay specifically for Bruichladdich – a link with the land and terroir of this great island that had been lost, broken for many years. Now once again the salt sea spray lashed fields of Islay are producing the raw material for our distinctive island single malt – this release made from barley grown on the eastern side of the island on jubilee field at the place known as the “headland of the gallows”, on Dunlossit farm.
Character: The texture of the spirit is remarkably smooth for such a youngster. The mouth feel is quite irresistible; it’s fresh and zesty with the quality of the Islay-grown barley unrestrained by the presence of a long relationship with the oak. Now we can experience just how beautiful a spirit can be when distilled ultra-slowly by people who understand that their skills and patience are critical to the final outcome. This is “Walking on Sunshine”, summer in a glass. It has Islay charm with the most seductive texture I have ever experienced. Is this down to the Islay barley? I truly believe it is.
Colour: Brilliant, luminous lemon with a harvest gold hue.
Nose: When you first inhale the bouquet it’s like the “The Hills are Alive”, with aromas of yellow flowers in bloom on forest river-banks and heather-covered moorlands, barley fields shimmering yellow and gold, orchards filled with ripe fruits, all embraced by the warm, westerly ocean breeze. This is the beauty of young Bruichladdich spirit; you can reach into its soul and transport yourself to this amazing Island simply by closing your eyes and inhaling. It’s a remarkable harmonious bouquet.
Palate: The olfactory concentration continues onto the palate. On tasting, you will discover that squeeze of lemon, honey, pear and green apple, little hints of tangerine, chocolate, light notes of marzipan, cinnamon and sweet, oaky, vanilla. The harmonious freshness of barley and wild flowers rising on that irresistible marine presence unique to the Islands of Scotland. The taste buds rejoice in the warmth of the spirit and sweetness of the malt; it’s a taste they seldom experience in such generous measures. A miracle on the palate for sure. Islay malt whisky made from Islay grown barley is something that very few people have ever experienced. Now you can understand what’s been missing in your life and never have to wonder again, for you have touched the void!
Finish: The finish is outstanding. How can you say goodbye to a kid that’s stolen your heart with his beauty and honesty. It’s difficult, but it’s not goodbye, because as you enjoy the final drops, John Logan, the farmer at Dunlossit, is about to start ploughing for this year’s harvest – Dream Fulfilled!
Mood: Easy, like Sunday morning.

Ardbeg / 21 Year Old Hunter Laing Old Malt Cask 15th Anniversary Edition
Ardbeg / 21 Year Old Hunter Laing Old Malt Cask 15th Anniversary Edition

£ 450.00
Country: Scotland
Region: Islay
Age: 21 Years Old
Strength: 50.2%

Summary: To conclude a very rewarding year for me, professionally and personally, Hunter Laing & Co Ltd. is releasing two special new lines. The first of these is an Anniversary series of six casks, bottled to celebrate fifteen years of our flagship Old Malt Cask brand. Together with my sons Scott and Andrew, as well as our Master Blender Tom Aitken, I have selected casks from our maturing stocks which each do justice to the label's fifteen year milestone. These cask-strength Anniversary bottlings are presented in green glass with wooden gift boxes, and are finished in the original-style labels to pay homage to the earliest Old Malt Cask releases. Choosing these casks allowed me to reflect with pride on my last fifteen years as a single cask bottler and, in reviewing our stocks, to look forward with relish to the next fifteen years of the Old Malt Cask.
Stuart Laing.
 

Ardbeg / 21 Year Old 1993 Hunter Laing Old & Rare
Ardbeg / 21 Year Old 1993 Hunter Laing Old & Rare

£ 575.00
Country: Scotland
Region: Islay
Age: 
Strength: 56.4%
70cl

Summary: Country/Region: Scotland/Islay.
ABV: 56.4%
Unit: 70cl
Age: 21 Year Old.
Distilled: October 1993.
Bottled: January 2015.
Bottles Filled: 111
An elegant, dark gold whisky with a powerfully robust nose.
Initially sweet, with vanilla. Soft fruits and a peat smoke aroma coming through late.
Smooth and mellow on the palate with sweet, fruity notes at the beginning, but a nutty fruity character eventually takes over.
The finish is long, lingering and slightly dry with peat smoke and oak.
 

Bruichladdich / Cuvee 640: Eroica
Bruichladdich / Cuvee 640: Eroica

£ 97.50
Country: Scotland
Region: Islay
Age: 
Strength: 46.%

Summary: Country/Region: Scotland/Islay.
ABV: 46%
Age: 21 Years Old.

This American-oak-aged Bruichladdich has been further matured in Limousin oak casks from Acquitaine that for many years contained one of the great Eaux de Vie. These casks' tannins have added new layers of rich complexity to our own elegant, floral Bruichladdich whisky. This is a spirit to give pause, to reflect on. A spirit as much for the mind as for the palate.
Character: Curvaceous, buxom, captivating yet elegant with a silky texture that is divine.
Colour: Mahogany/ bronze.
Nose: The opening notes are of marinated pears, apricot, mango, spicy apple; then drifts of dark chocolate orange and espresso coffee can be detected together with vanilla-rich toffee. The seductive notes of old style malt whisky rise serenely; warm, reassuring and deceptively potent. The aromatics flirt shamelessly with the senses and then you realise that this is no ordinary spirit – it’s just so wonderfully fragrant. Gentle spices, citrus, dried fruit & herbs pop up like champagne bubbles keeping the mood one of celebration and joy.
Palate: Fantastique! The taste is rich and mellow. Many flavours continue to evolve – rich ripe apple, Turkish delight, soft strawberries, candied almonds and above all others that beguiling maltiness that is the mark of all Bruichladdich spirits. This, plus the coastal marine freshness adds life and vitality arousing the senses to an even higher level. You just know that this is authentic Islay heaven, simultaneously delicate and potent. The amorous embrace of France has not turned the islander's head. He remains mature and mellow while thoroughly enjoying the smouldering warmth of the femme fatale.
Finish: Ultra sexy, a rare and wonderful experience – if this was a movie it would have to be “Casablanca”. One to be enjoyed at the close of the day with others who share the same passion for the rare things in life.
Mood: A spirit as much for the mind as for the palate.

Bruichladdich / Octomore Scottish Barley 061/ 167ppm
Bruichladdich / Octomore Scottish Barley 061/ 167ppm

£ 93.50
Country: Scotland
Region: Islay
Age: 
Strength: 57.%

Summary: Country/Region: Scotland/Islay.
ABV: 57%
Age: 5 Years Old.
Titanic amounts of peat but with a light, delicate complexity and a beguiling finesse. Young, yet eminently mature, it defies us. It remains an enigma. We embrace that.
Here, we pay tribute to its pedigree, to the land from which it came and the raw materials that gave it life: Octomore Scottish Barley.
We believe in challenging convention.
Character: Magnificently muscular. Most heavily peated malts are so dry and phenolic there is little else to spark the senses, not so this young warrior who arouses pride and passion, transporting you to that most famous rock in the Atlantic ocean – Islay – the beating heart of the Hebrides.
Colour: Autumn sunshine/ citrine.
Nose: The first waves bring a combination of sea spray, spindrift, wet sea weed and hints of oily iodine. Then peat smoke with cracked black peppercorn and as the spirit reveals itself, stunning notes of heather flowers, lemon balm and water mint. Its like watching a spiritual weaver create a tapestry from the Hebrides itself.
Palate: As the spirit breathes in the glass a subtle change takes place. Rising steadily comes the crisp, malted barley then the sweet oak, giving notes of vanilla, toasted rye bread and walnuts. Add a burst of fresh lime, poached apple and pear from distillation whilst always in the background the steady rhythm of the sea painting pictures in your mind of a people and place who know that single malt is the stuff of life, sustaining them for generations.
Finish: The senses will celebrate this genial, warm, thrilling experience long after the glass is empty. You will know that you have been on a journey by the warmth in your heart and the spirit in your soul.
Mood: Welcome to the world of Progressive Hebridean Distillers.
 

Glendullan / 14 Year Old Hunter Laing Old Malt Cask
Glendullan / 14 Year Old Hunter Laing Old Malt Cask

£ 66.35
Country: Scotland
Region: Speyside
Age: 
Strength: 50.%
70cl

Summary: Old Malt Cask is unashamedly for connoisseurs of the finest expressions of Single Malt Scotch Whisky. As one of the most established brands in the single cask market, Old Malt Cask is trusted by thousands of Malt Whisky consumers all around the world as the selection which bottles some of the most noteworthy Scotches in the market. Each month, the Hunter Laing tasting panel reviews the company stocks and, after careful consideration, selects only the casks which are of the highest quality. Whether the whisky was distilled in Speyside or Islay, the Lowlands or the Islands, they all have one thing in common – they have been bottled at exactly the right time to capture the unique characteristics of the cask.
Invariably bottled at 50% strength to maintain drinkability, each new expression is non-chillfiltered to ensure that the personality of each cask remains. Our expert blender also writes notes to guide the consumer through the tasting experience. We don't have to do much with the whisky – we let it speak for itself.
Old Malt Cask has spent fifteen years as one of the market leaders in the single cask category. As the reputation of Hunter Laing rests on the quality of each release, they aim to ensure that each new bottling delights the consumer as much as the last one.
Country/Region: Scotland/Speyside.
Unit: 70cl
ABV: 50%
Age: 14 Year Old.
Cask: Refill Hogshead DL No: 10124.
Bottles from Cask: 336.
Distilled/Bottled: October 1999/October 2013.
Nose: what a beautiful mix between clean, alluring barley and citrus, mainly clementine’s; a little lavender freshens it up even further;
Taste: just about a perfect impact on delivery; the malts are salivating, the sugars are crisp and clean, the vanilla un-embittered…wow!!!
Finish: here’s the dull bit Glendullan…the oak injects a little natural caramel but a few spices compensate;
Balance: at last! A Glendullan how I normally see it in the blending lab, rather than when tasting bottling’s for the bible. Of late they have been pretty ordinary and hardly representative. This one is much truer to its known quality among pros, mainly due to this crisp malt being presented in decent oak for a change.
93 Points / Jim Murray's 2015 Whisky Bible.
Tasting Notes / Jim Murray's 2015 Whisky Bible ©.

Glenlossie / 9 Year Old Managers' Choice
Glenlossie / 9 Year Old Managers' Choice

£ 190.00
Country: Scotland
Region: Speyside
Age: 
Strength: 59.1%
70cl

Summary: Country/Region: Scotland/Speyside.
Unit: 70cl
ABV: 59.1%
Distilled/Bottled:
Bottles from Cask: 207
Nose: a delicate trace of lime to the barley: what an understated, fragile, uber sexy nose…;
Taste: unusual in that the first wave on delivery appears to be a thin, oily note. This is promptly followed by the young barley water, threatening a sharpness but dampened by the lightest scattering of icing sugar; mouth watering, and youthful;
Finish: even with the custard powder arrival, never a hint of anything that is remotely non kindergarten;
Balance: one of the most impressive examples of Speyside malt, apparently not even out of nappies but treating you to a spectacular display of barley in all its beauty. Confirmation, barley needed, that with Clynelish, this has to be Diageo’s most under-rated distillery.
Ratings: 94 Points – Jim Murray's 2012 Whisky Bible.
 
 

Glenrothes / 16 Year Old Hunter Laing Old Malt Cask
Glenrothes / 16 Year Old Hunter Laing Old Malt Cask

£ 80.15
Country: Scotland
Region: Speyside
Age: 
Strength: 50.%
70cl

Summary: Old Malt Cask is unashamedly for connoisseurs of the finest expressions of Single Malt Scotch Whisky. As one of the most established brands in the single cask market, Old Malt Cask is trusted by thousands of Malt Whisky consumers all around the world as the selection which bottles some of the most noteworthy Scotches in the market. Each month, the Hunter Laing tasting panel reviews the company stocks and, after careful consideration, selects only the casks which are of the highest quality. Whether the whisky was distilled in Speyside or Islay, the Lowlands or the Islands, they all have one thing in common – they have been bottled at exactly the right time to capture the unique characteristics of the cask.
Invariably bottled at 50% strength to maintain drinkability, each new expression is non-chillfiltered to ensure that the personality of each cask remains. Our expert blender also writes notes to guide the consumer through the tasting experience. We don't have to do much with the whisky – we let it speak for itself.
Old Malt Cask has spent fifteen years as one of the market leaders in the single cask category. As the reputation of Hunter Laing rests on the quality of each release, they aim to ensure that each new bottling delights the consumer as much as the last one.
Country/Region: Scotland/Speyside.
Unit: 70cl
ABV: 50%
Age: 16 Year Old.
Cask: Refill Hogshead DL No: 10435.
Bottles from Cask: 361.
Distilled/Bottled: December 1997/October 2013.
Nose: clean with a proud butterscotch tart theme. The barley is still fresh and at times concentrated;
Taste: I defy you to count how many different style of natural toffee you can find on this…; a thin layering of ulmo honey sits well with the maple syrup and persistent malt;
Finish: a little spiced cocoa on the fading barley sugar;
Balance: given the right cask, shows what a lovely malt this distillery is capable of producing. Engaging and irresistible.
92.5 Points / Jim Murray's 2015 Whisky Bible.
Tasting Notes / Jim Murray's 2015 Whisky Bible ©.

Knockando / 12 Year Old Sherry Cask Manager's Choice
Knockando / 12 Year Old Sherry Cask Manager's Choice

£ 225.00
Country: Scotland
Region: Speyside
Age: 
Strength: 58.5%
70cl

Summary: Country/Region: Scotland/Speyside.
Unit: 70cl
ABV: 58.5%
Distilled/Bottled: 1996/2009.
Bottles from cask: 612
Nose: I think my staff have poured me the wrong stuff: they’ve opened up some pot still Demerara, right…? Wrong. No definitely from the Knockando sample. Well, well, well…let’s just say it’s a fruity, sugary, rich start on the nose…;
Taste: Actually, I don’t care if this is rum or whisky. When you get flavours this beautifully defined, a body this sublimely structure…it really doesn’t much matter. Oozes fruity, beautifully natural sweetened quality and complexity;
Finish: A slight bitterness on the finish where, for the first time, there is a minor blemish, but the array of sugars still make for something memorable…and absolutely 100% nothing like I have tasted from any previous Knockando…;
Balance: I have been in the Demerara region Guyana, crawled around a rum warehouse at a rum distillery and opened a cask of rum which has less rum characteristics than this rumbustuous chappie. Quite a rum do.
Ratings: 94 Points – Jim Murray's 2012 Whisky Bible.

Glenfarclas / 10 Year Old Single Speyside Malt
Glenfarclas / 10 Year Old Single Speyside Malt

£ 32.50
Country: Scotland
Region: Speyside
Age: 
Strength: 40.%
70cl

Summary: Country/Region: Scotland/Speyside.
Unit: 70cl
ABV: 40%.
Colour: Vibrant straw-gold.
Nose: Tempting sherry-sweet malty tones combine with delicate smokiness, releasing subtle spices. Warming the glass reveals honey, vanilla and pear drops.
Flavour: Delicately light, with a mouth-watering combination of maltiness, smokiness and sherry sweetness. Hints of dried fruit, vanilla, cinnamon and cloves tempt the taste buds further.
Finish: Long, smooth and spicy, with a delicious, yet delicate, lingering smokiness.

Glenfarclas / 15 Year Old Single Speyside Malt
Glenfarclas / 15 Year Old Single Speyside Malt

£ 43.50
Country: Scotland
Region: Speyside
Age: 
Strength: 46.%
70cl

Summary: Country/Region: Scotland/Speyside.
Unit: 70cl
ABV: 46%.
Colour: A rich golden amber.Nose: Complex, sherried, deliciously peated, light butterscotch aromas, with a hint of dried fruit.
Flavour: Full bodied with super balance of sherried sweetness, malty tones and peaty flavours.
Finish: Long lasting, gloriously sherried, sweet, gently smoky, and distinguished.
Comment: With greater complexity than their younger whiskies, this is a great whisky drinker’s whisky.

Glenfarclas / 17 Year Old Single Speyside Malt
Glenfarclas / 17 Year Old Single Speyside Malt

£ 75.00
Country: Scotland
Region: Speyside
Age: 
Strength: 43.%
70cl

Summary: Country/Region: Scotland/Speyside.
Unit: 70cl
ABV: 43%

Colour: Rich amber.
Nose: Complex, with distinctive butterscotch, sherried fruit and peat smoke aromas.
Flavour: Big, full-flavoured, with excellent balance, develops slowly, full of sherry sweet malty tones, and a touch peat smoke.
Finish: Long lasting and smooth, with a hint of spice and sherry sweetness.
Comment: Hints of oak, complexity but finely balanced. Combines the smoothness of our younger whiskies with the greater depth of our older expressions.
Bottled in limited quantities primarily for the North American, Japanese and Travel Retail markets.

Glenfarclas / 21 Year Old Single Speyside Malt
Glenfarclas / 21 Year Old Single Speyside Malt

£ 83.50
Country: Scotland
Region: Speyside
Age: 
Strength: 43.%
70cl

Summary: Country/Region: Scotland/Speyside.
Unit: 70cl
ABV: 43%

Colour: Dark amber-gold.
Nose: Intense, full of aromas – sherried fruit, tropical fruit, nutmeg and almonds with slight citrus notes at the end, all held together with a vanilla sweet smokiness
Flavour: Full bodied rich and rounded develops slowly into fruity, smoky and spicy flavours.
Finish: Long-lasting, smooth and smoky with a chocolate feel at the back of your throat.
Comment: An incredibly rounded whisky that leaves you refreshed and contented. A whisky that always deserves a second glass. My personal favourite.

Macallan / 20 Year Old Hunter Laing Old Malt Cask
Macallan / 20 Year Old Hunter Laing Old Malt Cask

£ 130.00
Country: Scotland
Region: Speyside
Age: 
Strength: 50.%
70cl

Summary: Country/Region: Scotland/Speyside.
Unit: 70cl
ABV: 50%
Distilled/Bottled: June 1993/February 2014.
Cask #: 10290
Bottles from cask: 263
Nose: apples and pearsfreshly diced, topped with a aqueeze of lemon. The tannins look seemingly bemused and powerless…;
Taste: though they don't hang around on delivery. Red liqourice to the fore, though soon swamped by salivating barley and muscovado suagr. A little orange hangs about;
Finish: long, softy oiled and not a degree of light molassess and toffee as the tannins begin to make their mark;
Balance ironically, a Macallan not from a wine cask, yet turns out to be as fruity as you'll find. A real treat.
Ratings: 93 Points / Jim Murray's 2015 Whisky Bible.
©Tasting Notes from Jim Murray's 2015 Whisky Bible.

Macallan / 21 Year Old 1993 Hunter Laing Old & Rare
Macallan / 21 Year Old 1993 Hunter Laing Old & Rare

£ 375.00
Country: Scotland
Region: Speyside
Age: 
Strength: 56.8%
70cl

Summary: Country/Region: Scotland/Speyside.
ABV: 56.8%
Unit: 70cl
Age: 21 Year Old.
Distilled: June 1993.
Bottled: March 2015.
Bottles Filled: 100
This dark gold whisky has a full bodied and sweet nose of vanilla custard with raisins, citrus peel and toffee fudge.
Rich, creamy and smooth on the palate with sweet vanilla, citrus peel and green apple skins combining to give depth of character.
The finish is long, sweet and slightly dry with a very pleasant aftertaste.
 

Strathmill / 21 Year Old Hunter Laing Old Malt Cask
Strathmill / 21 Year Old Hunter Laing Old Malt Cask

£ 92.45
Country: Scotland
Region: Speyside
Age: 
Strength: 50.%
70cl

Summary: Old Malt Cask is unashamedly for connoisseurs of the finest expressions of Single Malt Scotch Whisky. As one of the most established brands in the single cask market, Old Malt Cask is trusted by thousands of Malt Whisky consumers all around the world as the selection which bottles some of the most noteworthy Scotches in the market. Each month, the Hunter Laing tasting panel reviews the company stocks and, after careful consideration, selects only the casks which are of the highest quality. Whether the whisky was distilled in Speyside or Islay, the Lowlands or the Islands, they all have one thing in common – they have been bottled at exactly the right time to capture the unique characteristics of the cask.
Invariably bottled at 50% strength to maintain drinkability, each new expression is non-chillfiltered to ensure that the personality of each cask remains. Our expert blender also writes notes to guide the consumer through the tasting experience. We don't have to do much with the whisky – we let it speak for itself.
Old Malt Cask has spent fifteen years as one of the market leaders in the single cask category. As the reputation of Hunter Laing rests on the quality of each release, they aim to ensure that each new bottling delights the consumer as much as the last one.
Country/Region: Scotland/Speyside.
Unit: 70cl
ABV: 50%
Age: 21 Year Old.
Cask: Refill Hogshead DL No: 10122.
Bottles from Cask: 294.
Distilled/Bottled: December 1991/October 2013.
Nose: plenty of Kentucky at work here with the liquorice and hickory giving depth to the vanilla. The barley is not outdone, though…;
Taste: the oak yoke is discarded on delivery and the barley is at full blast;
Finish: just adore those gristy sugars which have somehow survived all these years; some lemon to the late vanilla;
Balance: simple, but so elegant with it!
91 Points / Jim Murray's 2015 Whisky Bible.
Tasting Notes / Jim Murray's 2015 Whisky Bible ©.

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