Glenallachie | 12 years old Sauternes Finish
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The independently owned Speyside distillery of Glenallachie has built a reputation for its excellent use of ex-sherry casks over the last few years. However, they also like to release limited editions that use different oak types and unorthodox origins of cask. This forthcoming bottling is no exception and has seen the whisky undergo a healthy secondary maturation in ex-Sauternes dessert wine casks from France. Lovely notes of vanilla, toffee and honey mingle with hints of candied lime, grapefruit peel and oak spice. Absolutely delicious.
Ferg & Harris | Craigellachie 2007
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This single cask single malt from indie bottler Ferg & Harris is a cracker. The whisky was distilled at the Speyside distillery of Craigellachie in 2007 and has been bottled at 15 years old. Original maturation was in an ex-Amontillado sherry cask from Spain, before a final finishing period in ex-white Port barrels. The result is eye-opening. Notes of vanilla and hazelnut praline kick things off, before being joined by walnut and drying baking spices. However, there is also an uplifting freshness and vibrancy with lemon zest and green apple in the background. Superb.
Lochlea | Harvest Edition (Third Crop)
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The Lowland craft distillery of Lochlea released the third and final Harvest Edition bottling prior to The Whisky Show. The distillery grows all the barley used for production on Lochlea Farm, where the distillery is located. This Third Crop has been matured in refill ex-bourbon barrels and then ex-Port wine hogsheads. There is a small percentage of ex-Oloroso sherry butt in the mix also. Baked apple dusted in brown sugar and cinnamon lead the way and are followed by further notes of red berries, milk chocolate and vanilla custard. An autumnal delight.
Nc’ nean | Huntress Orchard Cobbler
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The craft distillery of Nc’ nean on the remote west Highland coast has sustainability at its heart. Not only did it become the UK’s first whisky distillery to become net zero in 2021, but it followed it up a year later by being one of only two Scottish distilleries to be certified B-Corp. The distillery is powered with 100% renewable energy and all the single malt is made using organic barley. This new release is a limited edition that is packed with expressive notes – imaging apricot jam and cherry bakewell tart married with vanilla patisserie and fresh gingerbread. Simply fabulous.
Rosebank | 32 years old
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The Rosebank distillery in Falkirk is back. After closing in 1993, seemingly for good, the place has been resurrected with the first new cask of whisky for 30 years being filled in July 2023. This elegant whisky dates from before the closure and shows off everything that is great about old Lowland single malts. Elements of ripe peach and fresh vanilla pod marry with wonderful notes of poached pear and delicate warming spices – think of cinnamon, clove and a scratch of nutmeg. This is not cheap, but it is worth it. You are tasting Scotch whisky history. A stunning dram.
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