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1257 Kensington Road NW
1 (403) 283-8000 / atyourservice@kensingtonwinemarket.com
$499.99
More than 2/3 sold as of October 15th. This won't last long!
This 1980 vintage Blended Scotch whisky is from a single Sherry Butt (cask #37) bottled after 44 years at 47.8% exclusively for KWM. It is an Edrington Blend, married in 2005, the youngest component of which had been distilled in 1980. The whisky has an antique-y, old-school sherry profile, reminiscent of the way old whiskies used to taste 20 years ago.
The whisky is named for KWM's store dog, and Chief Morale Officer, Walter. As it say on the label, this is "Man's Best Blended Scotch Whisky", "Doggone - Finest - Deluxe - Rare Auld Whisky", "A Special Treat for Ony the Goodest Boys & Girls", and it is "Aged 308 Dog Years!"
700 mlAndrew's Tasting Note
Nose: old, antique-y, and soft with syrupy sherry and underlying tropical fruit; nutty old solera sherry, dark milk chocolate, moist brown sugar, and earthy dunnage warehouse notes; soft leather and a touch of old Armagnac and Cognac; in the background ripe mango and papaya emerge from behind dried dark fruits.
Palate: old and antique-y yet still full of life; the entry is soft and delicate for a whisky as dark and old as this; old leather, dark chocolate, brown sugar, and sweet tobacco kick things off; the earthy dunnage notes and soft spices are balanced by a touch of sweet syrupy sherry; raisins, dates, and figs hold court before letting more subtle tropical fruits into the frame; warming notes cinnamon, licorice, and fennel round things out.
Finish: warming, elegant, and satisfying with a good length.
Comment: this is proper, old-school, ancient whisky, and it is superb; married for nearly twenty years everything is so well integrated you can't even pick out the grain; this is what old sherry cask whiskies used to taste like 20 years ago, a style we sadly don't often see anymore; you'll regret it if you don't grab one while you can!"
$299.99
This whisky was featured on Day 19 of our 2024 KWM Not An Advent Calendar Tastings! You can read more about the whisky here.
Is it a coincidence we bottled two Gordon & MacPhail Glentauchers casks in a year? Yes, but it shouldn't be all that surprising... seeing as they are bottling some of the best whisky from the distillery. This 2000 vintage was matured 23 years in a First Fill Sherry Hogshead. We were blown away by this old-school dumpy, sherried single malt... it's a very cool dram! 55.8%.
$284.99
Our 7th KWM exclusive Benromach cask, is the first from sherry... Distilled in 2005, the whisky was matured 18 years in a First Fill Sherry Hogshead Cask (No. 335) before bottling at 58.5%.
$274.99
Who doesn't love a 25 year old whisky at a great price? Does it matter where it came from, or what's in it? This 25 year old Blended Malt, 1999 Cask #4 was bottled exclusively for KWM at a cask strength of 48%. If this looks familiar, that's because we had a sister cask of this whisky back in 2023. Good as that was, and it was pretty decent, this is even better. Almost certainly sherried ex-Edrington (cough Macallan, Highland Park, etc), this one is even better than the last.
No box, and no tube, this is whisky for drinking, and forgoing those extras kept the price down. Exclusive to KWM!
$284.99
Produced and bottled exclusively for the sinDicate Whisky Club, with a few bottles left to be sold at KWM. 51.5%
Producer Description
"This beautiful old style malt whisky was blended from only the finest and scarcest of Scottish pure pot-distilled malt whiskies. Great makes such as Downess, Parkwhore. St. Spankdalene, Convalscore, Inverlovin', North Pork, and Ladybum all feature in this exceptional recipe, which has been a closely guarded secret since last month, passed down from Ops team to warehouse by email thread, just as our forefathers did in their day. It contains only the purest malt whiskies, matured in exquisite sherrywood and refill casks. Absolutely no deleterious agents of any kind have been added."
More Details - From the Sponge Himself!
"This was a parcel of sherry butts 'filled' in 2001. But we don't know the precise mix of components, only that it was originally intended to be for Famous Grouse. The constituent malts are very likely Macallan, Highland Park and Tamdhu. I was told that some parts of the mix date back to 1975, but we've no documentation to confirm that. It would explain the very old school sherry matured character of those casks though, and the low cask strength ABVs, all circa 45%."
" The profile is old style sherry and peat, I’m very proud of it, to me tastes like old Berry Brothers All Malt bottlings."
