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1257 Kensington Road NW
1 (403) 283-8000 / atyourservice@kensingtonwinemarket.com
$1,199.99
This 35 year old Bladnoch is a 1990 vintage, bottled from a Refill ex-Bourbon Barrel at 54.2%. 90.15pts Whiskybase & 91pts Whisky Fun &
700 ml91pts Whisky Fun
"The labels at WhiskyLand are a bit like the SMWS names, but in picture form, aren't they? Anyway, 35 years old, that’s starting to count, isn’t it. Colour: gold. Nose: tell your friends, this thirty-five-year-old baby is clearly less knackered than a Windows PC after an update. Just like Sir Paul. Actually this is almost a carbon copy of the SMWS profile, only with a little more sweetness, freshness, honey and exotic fruits. I can’t wait to add a few drops of water. With water: in come the citrus fruits, and that’s it, resistance is futile. Exactly the profile from 25 years ago, back when Bladnoch and Rosebank were still neck and neck in this style. Mouth (neat): the freshness is such that it could have been distilled fifteen years ago. Seriously. That’s clearly a mark of quality, and if a few more oaky notes do show up, they’re more on the yew and thuja side of things. The rest is a whirlwind of citrus and tiny herbs, almost impossible to pick apart. With water: it folds in and tightens up, which is great fun. 'Lemoned' barley, I’d say. Finish: of good length, with the freshness of a young Japanese malt distilled near the end of the last decade. Seriously. Comments: I won’t deny there may be a touch of nostalgia behind my rather high score."
$1399.99
This bottle was featured on Day 23 of our 2023 KWM UBER Whisky Calendar. You can read the post on it here.
Once again, our friends at Gordon & MacPhail have outdone themselves by offering us the opportunity to bottle this gorgeous cask. At 33 years of age, this 1988 vintage Bladnoch is the oldest KWM exclusive cask we have had the privilege of bottling since our Berry's 40-Year Blend more than 5 years ago. Filled into a Refill Sherry Hogshead on August 17, 1988, there were only 53 bottles left in the cask when it was bottled on the 21st of July, 2022 at 54.1%. A sister cask to this whisky, filled on the same day, is currently scoring 89.43pts on Whiskybase. I expect ours is even better!
This is another one of those KWM casks, where prior to sampling the whisky, Andrew said there was no way we were going to buy a full cask at that price. But the whisky is stunning, and when it was sampled by the KWM whisky team we knew we had to have it. It didn't hurt that the cask had only 53 bottles of liquid left in it at the time of bottling... those are some greedy angels! 90 Points from Whiskyfun.com
$984.99
Chapter 12 of Whiskyland by Decadent Drams is a 1992 vintage 33 year old Tormore bottled at 53.7% from a Refill Barrel. 89pts Whiskybase & 90pts Whisky Fun
Producer Description
"Meet Jimmy Barleycorn - one of the many characters that inhabit Whiskyland. He only shows his fizzog when whiskies of great age with extraordinarily pure raw ingredient characteristics emerge. So, in other words, catching sight of Jimmy Barleycorn is a rare occurrence. Thankfully, he's cutting about with glee for Whiskyland Chapter 12: a single refill barrel of 1992 Tormore, matured for 33 years and bottled at natural cask strength. As Jimmy Barleycorn's presence denotes, this is pure, raw, vivid old malt whisky, that reeks of raw malted barley, yeast and time. A pale, powerful, bright and waxy old dram for those, like Jimmy, who like their whiskies raw, natural and naked!"
$999.99
This 1994 vintage Caperdonich was bottled after 30 years in a First Fill Sherry Hogshead at 51.2%. Caperdonich is a closed distillery, once called Glen Grant No.2, hence the name: Gone Grant. 89.21pts Whiskybase
Producer Description
"Whiskyland Chapter 18 takes place in one of Whiskyland's many hybrid library bars. In fact, no one is particularly sure whether they are bars with large reading selections, or libraries that serve drinks. It doesn't do to ponder these unanswerable questions too deeply. Best to just pour a generous measure of this rather sublime 1994 'Gone Grant' single malt that underwent a 4 year secondary maturation in a fresh sherry hogshead, select something intellectually nourishing to read, and occasionally glance out of the window at the Whiskyland night sky."
$809.99
This 1996 vintage Longmorn was matured 28 years in a Refill Hogshead before bottling at 54.2%. 89.1pts Whiskybase
Producer Description
"This is Whiskyland Chapter Twenty One: a luscious Longmorn 1996, matured for 28 years in a humble refill hogshead and bottled at natural cask strength. Please be aware, this whisky contains excessive flavours of the Longmorn Fruit (Longmornium Fruiticus Whiskylandium). Certain people can be allergic to this fruit, even in tiny doses. This includes, but is not limited to, distillery owners, influencers, yeast suppliers, writers, bloggers, opinion havers, pontificators, virtue signallers and preening twits. If this includes you, then, according to the Whiskyland health board, it may be prudent to taste this whisky with care - you should definitely still buy a couple of bottles though!"
