The Hunter Laing Whisky Bottlers – New Stock Available From Edencroft!

Releases from The Hunter Laing Whisky Bottlers!

New Arrivals

Ben Nevis / 15 Year Old / Old Malt Cask.

Nose: Vanilla, crème caramel and red berries.

Palate: Burnt toffee, prunes and dates.

Finish: Early oak with a long dry aftertaste.

Blair Athol / 19 Year Old / Old Malt Cask.

Nose: Christmas pudding with custard and citrus peel.

Palate: Smooth with rich fruit cake and marzipan icing.

Finish: Long, and pleasant with a touch of sherry wood.

Talisker / 7 Year Old / Old Malt Cask.

Nose: Liquorice, shortbread and baked cookie dough.

Palate: Creamy with dark chocolate, rhubarb and vanilla.

Finish: Lingering and slightly dry with peat smoke.

Braeval / 15 Year Old / Old Malt Cask.

Nose: Butter croissants, raspberry jam and crème caramel.

Palate: Velvety with red berries, marzipan and vanilla.

Finish: Enduring and beautifully dry with hint of nuts.

Craigellachie / 21 Year Old Sherry Cask / Old Malt Cask.

Nose: Vanilla, rich fruits and butter shortbread.

Palate: Smooth with toffee fudge, dates and butterscotch.

Finish: Long and dry with a hint of oak.

Linkwood / 19 Year Old / Old Malt Cask.

Nose: Vanilla, butterscotch and stewed rhubarb.

Palate: Silky and rich with blackcurrant and pineapple.

Finish: Long lasting, slightly drying with late oak.

Ledaig / 19 Year Old Single Malt
£125.00
Country: Scotland
Region: Island
Age:
Strength: 51.%
70cl

Summary: Country/Region: Scotland/Isle of Mull.
Unit: 70cl
ABV: 51%

Two limited-edition malts, Ledaig 19 Years Old and Tobermory 21 Years Old, have been released by Distell's Tobermory Distillery.
This Ledaig 19 Year Old is some of the first spirit distilled when peated single malt production commenced at Tobermory distillery in the late 1990s.
Peat-dried malted barley was married with naturally peat-infused water from a lochan high in the mountains above the village. The spirit was then matured in superior oak wood casks before being finished in Marsala wine casks.
Tasting Notes: Beautiful rich single malt with a mouth-filling sweetness of berries and dark chocolate with a full peat explosion of black pepper and bonfire smoke.

anCnoc / 12 Year Old Single Highland Malt
£26.98
Country: Scotland
Region: Highlands
Age:
Strength: 46.%
70cl

Summary: Country/Region: Scotland/Highlands.
ABV: 46%.
Unit: 70cl
The anCnoc 12 Year Old is renowned the world over. Known as a must have in any whisky drinkers collection, it’s light and yet complex. Smooth yet challenging. And each twist and turn delivers a surprise. In fact, this is a dram that has something for everyone.
Nose: Soft, very aromatic with a hint of honey and lemon in the foreground.
Colour: Amber with a slight yellow hue.
Taste: Sweet to start with an appetising fruitiness and a long smooth finish. A malt for every occasion.
Ratings: 94 Points – Jim Murray's 2013 Whisky Bible.

anCnoc / 24 Year Old Single Highland Malt
£105.00
Country: Scotland
Region: Highlands
Age:
Strength: 46.%
70cl

Summary: Country/Region: Scotland/Highlands.
ABV: 46%.
Unit: 70cl.
Colour: Vintage amber.
Nose: Densely sweet and spicy with a cosy embrace of Christmas cake. Rich yet crisp with notes of vanilla, set toffee and lemon juice.
Taste: Spiciness continues with hints of candied orange slices, warm honey and worn leather filling the mouth with a symphony of maturity.
Ratings: 94.5 Points / Jim Murray's 2017 Whisky Bible.

anCnoc / 35 Year Old Single Malt/ 2nd Edition
£425.00
Country: Scotland
Region: Highlands
Age:
Strength: 41.%
70cl

Summary: Country/Region: Scotland/Highlands.
ABV: 41%
Unit: 70cl
We’re delighted to announce the limited edition release of our most exclusive bottling to date; the balanced and full-bodied 35-year-old second release. The liquid is being introduced with just 670 bottles available globally.
Laid to rest for over three decades in American oak ex-bourbon barrels, the casks have been carefully chosen by distillery manager Gordon Bruce and master blender Stuart Harvey.
Giving rise to a unique dram that still retains its youthful edge; the 35-year-old has top notes of lemon curd, green apples and cut flowers followed by honey sweetness, creamy toffee, leather and spice. Warming wood smoke makes for a fragrant and rich aroma.
On the palate, it is oily and full-bodied with caramel honey and fresh vanilla complementing the subtle smokiness and warm spice.
Brand manager Stephanie Bridge commented: “The 35-year-old second release is a special expression for anCnoc, having been matured for more than three decades in our traditional dunnage warehouses which still retain their earthen floors and add so much to the quality and character of this special liquid The second release has lain in ex-bourbon barrels, offering fans something slightly different to the original expression. Our limited edition is a testament to the 35-year-old’s popularity with whisky lovers worldwide and we’re confident that this unique release will entice drinkers to add it to their collections.”
Colour: Baltic amber.
Nose: Top notes of lemon curd, green apples and cut flowers are followed by a heavier honey sweetness, creamy toffee, leather, spices and a pleasant touch of warming wood smoke, making for a fragrant and rich nose.
Taste: Oily and full-bodied. Honey and fresh vanilla sit firmly on the palate, with spiciness and, once again, slight smokiness woven in. The finish is long and rewarding, with hints of ground spices and caramel sweetness.
Non chill-filtered, natural colour.
anCnoc 35 year old 2nd release has matured in American oak ex-bourbon barrels.

Kilchoman / 2008 Vintage
£63.50
Country: Scotland
Region:
Age:
Strength:

Summary: Country: Scotland.
Distillery: Kilchoman.
District: Islay.
Bottler: Distillery Bottling.
Bottling serie: Vintage.
Distilled: July-2008
Bottled: August 2015
Casktype: Bourbon Casks – American Oak
Age: 7 years old.
Strength: 46% Vol.
Size: 70cl

Speyside / 15 year Old / Douglas Laing's Single Minded
£52.50
Country: Scotland
Region:
Age:
Strength:

Summary: Douglas Laing's Single Minded series is a range of Small Batch Single Malts from across a variety of Scotch Whisky regions. Each is bottled exactly the way the distiller intended: without colouring or chill-filtration. This expression, a Speyside 15 Years Old, is clean and floral on the nose, showing vanilla, malt and sweet spices. The palate is incredibly sweet, with crunched sugar and subtle citrus and an unexpected late peatiness.
Country: Scotland.
Distillery: ?.
District: Speyside.
Bottler: Douglas Laing.
Bottling serie: Single Minded.
Age: 15 years old.
Strength: 46% Vol.
Size: 70cl
Nose: Clean, honey’d & floral showing vanilla, malt & sweet spices at different stages.
Palate: Incredibly sweet with crunched sugar, juicy barley & mocha – even some citrus ahead of an unexpected late subtle peat suggestion.
Finish: All characteristics plus distinct barley sugar are nearly wrapped up into the finish.

Compass Box / Flaming Heart Fifteenth Anniversary Release
£105.00
Country: Scotland
Region: IslayHighlands
Age:
Strength: 48.9%

Summary: Country/Region: Scotland/Islay/Highlands.
ABV: 48.9%
Since we launched the Compass Box Whisky Company back in 2000, we have always aimed to experiment, to innovate and to explore where others wouldn’t in the world of Scotch. No whisky is a greater example of this ambition than Flaming Heart.
First released in 2006, Flaming Heart was the first whisky to combine the rich, complex spice of Scotch aged in new French oak with the evocative peat-fired smoke of Islay malt. It created a genre-defying style that was smouldering, spicy, complex – and so popular that we re-released it three more times in the years that followed.
In this our fifteenth year, we felt compelled to revisit this unique style one more time. Our anniversary release is a huge, layered, long-lasting mouthful of a whisky to enjoy late into the night. Brooding, indulgent and older than ever before, this is a whisky born of oak, smoke and fire – with a big heart all of its own.
John Glaser, Whiskymaker.
Availability: A limited edition of 12,060 bottles. Bottled in August 2016.
Flavour Descriptors: A unique interplay between spice, sweet and smoke characteristics. Sweet fruits and wood-smoke on the nose. Fat and full-bodied on the palate with a spicy sweetness and a brooding complexity that is rich, sweet and addictively decadent.
Ratings: 96.5 Points and Scotch Vatted Malt of the Year / Jim Murray's 2017 Whisky Bible.