This is the second release of Hunter Laing's Kinship Collection, it includes 5 whiskies from Islay and a Highland Park to round things out. The whiskies are only available as a complete set.
Details on all of the individual bottles can be found below.
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Ardbeg 28 Year - 50.1% - Distilled 1992 - Producer Tasting Note: "Nose: Salt-sprayed peat on the nose, with iodine, clove, cookie dough, heather honey, and cinnamon. Palate: Quite tarry on the palate, with medicinal notes, liquorice, camphorwood, and a touch of orange zest along with peat as on a sea breeze. Finish: It leads to a lemony, lingering, and effortlessly elegant finish." - 90.33pts Whisky Base
Bowmore 30 Year - 58% - Distilled 1989 - Producer Tasting Note: "Nose: Dark fruit notes with light peat reek on the nose, alongside nutmeg, walnuts, figs and dates. Palate: Crispy bacon, sweet lemons, leather, prunes and tobacco on the palate alongside honeyed almonds, burnt orange zest and clove. Finish: Top-class Oloroso sherry-matured Bowmore depth and elegance." - 89.5pts Whisky Base
Bunnahabhain 30 Year - 45.5% - Distilled 1989 - Producer Tasting Note: "Nose: Fresh lemon zest, ginger, almonds, nutmeg, malt filled grist bin, ozone on the nose. Palate: Markedly fresh and salivating arrival on the palate, subtle at first, growing with time encompassing citrus, brine and a sponge-cake sweetness. Finish: A beautifully delicate and elegant Bunnahabhain." - 89.89pts Whisky Base
Caol Ila 30 Year - 42.4% - Distilled 1989 - Producer Tasting Note: "Nose: Honeydew melon on the nose with Maldon sea salt, smoked ham, bandages, candied almonds and Islay peat smoked. Palate: On the palate there is a gristy malty note, lime zest, Seville orange, new leather, fine tobacco and a typical Caol Ila ashiness leading to a wonderfully refined finish." - 90.2pts Whisky Base
Highland Park 30 Year - 43.1% - Distilled 1989 - Producer Tasting Note: "Nose: Very heathery on the nose with earthy, mossy notes, malt biscuits in an old cupboard, candied lemon zest on a windy shore, faint hints of peat phenol. Palate: Continues on BBQ surf and turf and malty notes with highland heather honey. Finish: An intensity of flavours along with the complexity for which the distillery is famous." - 89.5pts Whisky Base
Laphroaig 30 Year - 53.6% - Distilled 1990 - Producer Tasting Note: "Nose: Wet, smouldering Islay peat, iodine and tar on the nose. Palate: Rich and expansive on the palate with nutmeg, bandages, malty notes, new leather boots beside a peat fire and a touch of liquorice. Finish: The whole leads to a long, satisfyingly smokey finish - the proverbial iron fist in a velvet glove." - 90.86pts Whisky Base
Tasting Notes
Ardbeg 28 Year - 50.1% - Distilled 1992 - Producer Tasting Note: "Nose: Salt-sprayed peat on the nose, with iodine, clove, cookie dough, heather honey, and cinnamon. Palate: Quite tarry on the palate, with medicinal notes, liquorice, camphorwood, and a touch of orange zest along with peat as on a sea breeze. Finish: It leads to a lemony, lingering, and effortlessly elegant finish." - 90.33pts Whisky Base
Bowmore 30 Year - 58% - Distilled 1989 - Producer Tasting Note: "Nose: Dark fruit notes with light peat reek on the nose, alongside nutmeg, walnuts, figs and dates. Palate: Crispy bacon, sweet lemons, leather, prunes and tobacco on the palate alongside honeyed almonds, burnt orange zest and clove. Finish: Top-class Oloroso sherry-matured Bowmore depth and elegance." - 89.5pts Whisky Base
Bunnahabhain 30 Year - 45.5% - Distilled 1989 - Producer Tasting Note: "Nose: Fresh lemon zest, ginger, almonds, nutmeg, malt filled grist bin, ozone on the nose. Palate: Markedly fresh and salivating arrival on the palate, subtle at first, growing with time encompassing citrus, brine and a sponge-cake sweetness. Finish: A beautifully delicate and elegant Bunnahabhain." - 89.89pts Whisky Base
Caol Ila 30 Year - 42.4% - Distilled 1989 - Producer Tasting Note: "Nose: Honeydew melon on the nose with Maldon sea salt, smoked ham, bandages, candied almonds and Islay peat smoked. Palate: On the palate there is a gristy malty note, lime zest, Seville orange, new leather, fine tobacco and a typical Caol Ila ashiness leading to a wonderfully refined finish." - 90.2pts Whisky Base
Highland Park 30 Year - 43.1% - Distilled 1989 - Producer Tasting Note: "Nose: Very heathery on the nose with earthy, mossy notes, malt biscuits in an old cupboard, candied lemon zest on a windy shore, faint hints of peat phenol. Palate: Continues on BBQ surf and turf and malty notes with highland heather honey. Finish: An intensity of flavours along with the complexity for which the distillery is famous." - 89.5pts Whisky Base
Laphroaig 30 Year - 53.6% - Distilled 1990 - Producer Tasting Note: "Nose: Wet, smouldering Islay peat, iodine and tar on the nose. Palate: Rich and expansive on the palate with nutmeg, bandages, malty notes, new leather boots beside a peat fire and a touch of liquorice. Finish: The whole leads to a long, satisfyingly smokey finish - the proverbial iron fist in a velvet glove." - 90.86pts Whisky Base
