G&M Caol Ila Hermitage 2001
$116.99
SOLD OUT! - Not expected to return to KWM!
Exclusive to KWM in Canada, this youthful Caol Ila was matured in1st fill Guigal Hermitage casks. The result is a big bold Coal Ila, where the peat and smoke are balanced by the dark, earthy and fruity wine tones!
Producer Tasting Note
Nose: Vanilla aromas with traces of peat smoke. Red cherry, red apple and hints of cocoa powder develop and are complemented by orange zest.
Palate: Sweet with white pepper initially. Redcurrant, grape and dark chocolate flavours combine with a lingering bonfire ember edge.
Cadenhead Small Batch Glenallachie 1992
$142.49
This 22-year-old Glenallachie was bottled by Cadenhead.
Cadenhead Small Batch Auchentoshan 1992
$188.99
COMING SOON 2 - Not sold out!
This 23 year old Cadenhead Small Batch release of Auchentoshan has been bottled at a very low cask strength of 46.6% from a pair of barrels filled in 1992.
Producer's Tasting Note
Nose: Mint leaves, stewed pears, plums with lemon grass lemon curd.
Palate: Effervescent, lemon sherbet, pear cider and a little chalky. Then fresh juicy apples and pears.
Finish: Salted honeycomb, makes you wish for more and more.
Distilery Fact: Often wrongly described as being the only triple distilled whisky in Scotland however Hazelburn is also made using triple distillation.
Cadenhead Small Batch BenRiach 1996
$134.99
This Small Batch bottling from Cadenhead has been bottled after 19 years at 47.1% from two Hogshead casks. Exclusive to KWM in Canada, this BenRiach single cask was a huge hit at a tasting on September 12th at the shop. All 5 bottles available that night sold! Only a total of 18 are coming to Canada.
Producer's Tasting Note
Nose: Honey, apple pie, white chocolate and boiled sweets.
Palate: Lemon meringue pie, cashew nuts and soft hints of nougat and creme caramel.
Finish: Very creamy with all spice, coffee beans and whiffs of toffee.
Distillery Fact: At the the time this whisky was distilled Benriach still operated its own floor maltings which were eventually closed in 1998.
Cadenhead Small Batch Glen Garioch 1991
$188.99
Gone! Sorry.
This Glen Garioch 23 year old has been bottled at 54.4% from 2 Hogshead Casks filled in 1991. Exclusive to KWM in Canada, only 12 bottles will be available.
Producer's Tasting Note
Nose: Runny toffee, lime zest, a little saltiness and also some herbal notes, fennel, thyme and some melted butter.
Palate: Some earthy notes, almost smoke like. Growing dark chocolate with tingling spice. Green bananas and freshly cut grass.
Finish: Soft ashiness giving way to orange sorbet and some iced sponge cake.
Distillery Fact: Glengarioch now owned by Beam Suntory has always been in the shadow of it’s sister distilleries Bowmore and Auchentoshan, given time in cask this whisky is equally a match for it’s siblings.
Cadenhead Small Batch Cragganmore 1999
$103.49
Bottled at 46% from Cadenhead's Small Batch range this 16 year old bottling of Cragganmore is the product of 2 Hogshead Casks The whisky and the range are exclusive to KWM in Canada, with just 12 bottles coming into the country.
Producer's Tasting Note
Nose: Raisin butter, pears and red apple skins. Some strawberry notes and very creamy.
Palate: Some meat notes, parma ham and very herbal. Some coriander, black pepper and toasted fennel seeds.
Finish: Lingering cold meat notes with lots of juicy fruits. A real summer time whisky.
Distillery Facts: This Classic Speyside distillery houses very unusual stills with flat tops with a T-Shaped Lyne arm which helps increase reflux to produce a light and fruity new make spirit.
Cadenhead Small Batch Glengoyne 2001
$98.99
COMING SOON to KWM!
This 16 year old Glengoyne has been bottled at 46% by Cadenhead, in their Small Batch collection. The whisky is the product of a sigle Sherry Butt. 30 bottles have come to Canada, exclusively to KWM, who are the exclusive retailer of Cadenhead in Canada.
Producer's Tasting Note
Nose: Rich, meaty sherry notes. Very intense with some treacle notes and lots of dark fruits.
Palate: Thick and chewy, lots of sherry, hints of balsamic vinegar, black cherries, chocolate orange and a background creaminess.
Finish: You can chew this all night. Big whisky, toffee, blackberries, treacle and golden syrup. Proper Whisky!
Distillery Fact: Glengoyne uses a combination of short and Long fermentations (50 and 110 hours) in order to get a more complex spirit. The distillery has been owned by Ian Macleod since they bought the distillery from the Edrington group in 2003.
Cadenhead Small Batch Glen Keith 1973
$638.99
Exclusive to KWM, only 6 bottles have come to Canada, with 3 having already sold at the time of writing. Bottled at a cask strength of 45.8%, it was filled into a single ex-Bourbon Hogshead in 1973 and bottled after 42 years. 180 total bottles released.
Distiller's Tasting Note
Nose: Herbal; honey glazed ham with mulled wine, blackberry jam and vanilla pods.
Palate: More jammy fruity notes on the taste with growing spices of cloves and cinnamon.
Finish: Dried bananas and lime pickle come through with natural yogurt and strawberries.
Distillery Fact: After Glen Keith closed in 1999 it was feared it may never open again until it was refurbished in 2013. This whisky was distilled in 1973, only 3 years after Glen Keith became Scotland's first gas fuelled distillery.
Cadenhead Small Batch Strathmill 1995
$107.99