Glengoyne 12 Year
$75.99
Matured in a mix of Ex-Bourbon, Ex-Sherry and Refill casks and bottled at 43%. Glengoyne is a distillery that straddles the Highland/Lowland boundary. The whisky is unpeated and generally influence by sherry notes.
Adelphi Glen Garioch 1993
$188.99
A 21 year old Glen Garioch single cask from a 1st Fill Sherry Butt, cask #774, which yielded 501 bottles. KWM has acquired a dozen of them. Independent bottlings from this distillery are rare, as are sherried expressions.
Andrew's Tasting Note
Nose: big, rich, nutty, leathery and spicy; Christmas cake, chocolates, tobacco and earthy oak;
Palate: a classic sherry bomb, chocolate, Christmas cake, spice, more nutty notes and more leather; as close to a Glendronach as one could be without coming from that distillery; licorice, espresso and clove.
Finish: medium length, but powerful and coating; nutty with potent sherry.
Comment: this is as close as a Sherry Bomb gets to the edge without going over... awesome!
Producer's Description: "A dry nose, almost meaty (pork crackling), becoming more Marsala like. Jaffacakes, Black Forest Gâteau, chocolate ice cream and coffee grounds – all synonymous with long, sherried maturation.
It starts relatively closed then develops huge complexity, now with Brazil nuts coated in dark chocolate, molasses, saddle soap and old leather bags. Incredibly viscous to taste, with a spicy mouth feel, gently drying over a palate of chocolate bonbons, toffee sauce (possibly slightly burnt), and a hint of brandy snaps. A very rare and unique single cask whisky ideal for after dinner contemplation."
OMC Glenallachie Sherry 38 Year
$212.39
This is an incredible bargain, a beautiful, antique-tasting old sherried whisky at 38 years of age. You will never see whisky of this vintage, 1972, at this price, or quality ever again! From a single Sherry Butt, DL Ref: 6880 at 50%.
Producer's: Tasting Note
Nose: opens sweet & honeyed; polished oak and beeswax.
Palate: complex--sweet (treacle) & richly spiced; a strong tea style.
Finish: long & rich carrying a dry & slightly oaky/tannic style.
Andrew;s Tasting Note
Nose: old and antiquey, like an old library filled with dusty leather bound books; dried and dark fruits with treacle sauce and stick toffee pudding.
Palate: dark fruits and spices, more antique notes with dusty old leather bound books, and tobacco; melons, mangoes and other tropical fruits underneath dark chocolate and licorice.
Finish: long, sherried. elegant and smooth; Comments: this is a classic older sherried whisky.
Hepburn's Choice Auchentoshan 11 Year
$80.09
Scotch Malt Whisky Society 73.53
$109.99
SPRINGTIME FRESHNESS; SPICY WARMTH
This 10 year old Speysider comes in at 58.9% after maturing in a refill sherry butt
Flavour profile: Spicy & sweet
Outturn: 547 bottles
Panel's tasting note: "We found pleasant springtime grassy, floral notes on the nose (elderflower) – then fruity (lemon, fruit bonbons, strawberry) ginger and white pepper spice and eventually buttery nutty notes (macadamia). The palate was sweet, chocolatey and creamy (chocolate éclairs) with custard, sugary lemon, some floral flavours and considerable spice warming the after-taste (chili, nippy pepper). The reduced nose developed deeper floral notes (lily of the valley) orchard fruits, lemon curd, pineapple and some washing powder or expensive fabric conditioner. The reduced palate was simple but nice – fresh (lemon sorbet) but with gentle ginger warmth following behind."
Spey 12 Year
$89.99
It can't be easy when the name of your distillery, doubles for that of a region with nearly 60 different distilleries. So Speyside has rebranded its single malts under the Spey brand. The 12 year was matured in Ex-Bourbon before finishing in new Ex-Bourbon. The current bottling is Batch 2, which consisted of 8000 bottles.
Andrew' s Tasting Note
Nose: very malty, lots of candied cherries, marmalade, soft floral tones and perfumed waxy honey.
Palate: waxy and honeyed, very light, delicate and floral with big malt and lemony-marmalade.
Finish: long, light and delicate still lemony, floral and toasty but the orange is gone.
Spey Tenne (Port Cask) Single Malt
$77.99
Spey is the name the Speyside distillery is newly marketing their single malt under, to avoid confusion with the broader region. Matured for 8 years in Ex-Bourbon barrels, the Tenne, which is Scots Gaelic for "Tawny", is finished for 3 months in freshly emptied Tawny Port Pipes. Bottled at 46% un-chill filtered without added colouring.
Andrew's Tasting Note
Nose: soft, fresh and fruity, macerated dried fruits, earthy tones and dunnage warehouse notes; some citrus, floral and chocolate notes.
Palate: very fruity, dark and leathery with some candied fruits and Maroccan marmalade; still earthy and musty from the port, it becomes darker and spicier with a pronounced maltiness.
Finish: long and nutty with prominent port wine notes shining through late leather and tobacco.
Spey 18 Year
$192.99
Matured 18 year in American oak Ex-Bourbon casks, this single malt from Speyside Distillery was bottled at 46%. 15,000 bottles were released globally, mostly in Asia, with only a few dozen cases coming to Alberta.
Andrew's Tasting Note
Nose: Honey Nut Cherios, quite nutty and toasty with light candied fruits; delicate and floral like the younger expressions with fresh citrus, marzipan and almond paste.
Palate: very creamy, honeyed and nutty with more floral tones; round an full bodied with rich coating oak and light spices: ginger and cinnamon.
Finish: long, coating, toasty and floral with more light candied fruits.
Comment: very pleasant and fruity.
Coopers Choice Macallan 1989 25 Year
$197.99
SOLD OUT - No longer available. This is an older release which is likely not coming back.
This Macallan 1989 vintage single cask from Coopers Choice has been bottled at 46% without colouring or chill-filtering from a single Hogshead cask 9325. Only 275 bottles filled with just 18 coming to KMW.
Macallans of this age and vintage are rare enough, more so at this price.
Andrew's Tasting Note
Nose: a fine balance of earthy and decadent notes; there's some orange, cedar and cracked walnuts with some leather and dried fruits.
Palate: very honeyed and still earthy, more cedar with some damp musty old oak; a touch vegetal with some leaf litter, overall the whisky is quite sweet and honeyed with an abundance of dried fruits developing; leather and spice develop with the whisky becoming darker; but then it softens again with melons and cream.
Finish: licorice, and lots of it, more dried fruits, spices and fading leather with coating honey reemerging late in the game.
Comment: for a moment I feared disappointment, but with each sip came new layers and more confidence; not your typical Macallan, but a lovely dram.