Scotch Malt Whisky Society 73.71
$125.99
A SCENE FROM MADEIRA
From a refill butt, this 14 year old Speysider comes in at 55.5%
Flavour profile: Spicy & sweet
Outturn: 522 bottles
Panel's tasting note: "The nose suggested sweet treats spread out on a wooden table – vanilla and walnut fudge, coconut macaroons, currants and custard creams. The palate started out with mouth-flooding sweetness (apple strudel, raisins, dates and prunes) but then a spicy ginger, chili heat kicked in – and seemed to out-last the sweetness. The reduced nose conjured up a scene from Madeira – painted boats on a pebble beach, old deck-chairs, honey cake and lemonade, with a flower market not far away. The palate now showed its lighter side, with cinnamon swirls and maple and pecan Danish pastries – but still enough to sustain our interest."
Drinking tip: "Ideally, with high tea at Reid's Hotel in Funchal"
Duncan Taylor Miltonduff 31 Year
$529.99
We love Miltonduff, especially old Miltonduff, and this is a good one! Matured in sherry oak ad bottled at 51.5%.Distilled in 1982 and bottled in 2014, 87 bottles with just a handful coming to Alberta.
Andrew’s Tasting Note
Nose: buttery and waxy; French toast with maple syrup; crème brule and both maple bacon and carrot cake donuts.
Palate: classic waxy old whisky, soft leather and antique-y tones; more French toast, exotic donuts and some sweet Cuban tobacco; cooked raisins, dates and grilled prosciutto wrapped figs; very layered with tropical fruits.
Finish: long, coating, creamy and fruity; fades out slowly in waves.
Comment: this is a beautiful old Miltonduff; I just wish there was more left in the bottle… it is all gone!
Ledaig 19 Year Marasla Finish
$284.99
Very few bottles of this 19-year-old, Marsala Finished Tobermory are coming to Calgary, exclusively to KWM. Bottled at 51% it scored 89pts from Whisky Advocate!
Evan's Tasting Note
Nose: Pungent, earthy peat. Ashy smoke and oak, grass fire, salt and pepper seasoning, strawberry quince jam, oranges, cloves, roasted sweet potatoes, dark chocolate drizzled on crispy bacon.
Palate: Ash and spice right up front lead into strawberries, green apples, orange marmalade, chocolate chips, bacon bits, lemons roasted on the barbeque, rooibos tea, root beer and candied ginger. Lingering earthy smoke and chocolate on the finish.
Comment: An ashy, smoke driven older Ledaig with finesse. The Marsala cask finish has added nuance to the often carbon-heavy delivery of heavily peated Tobermory.
Distiller's Tasting Note
Beautiful rich single malt with a mouth-filling sweetness of berries and dark chocolate with a full peat explosion of black pepper and bonfire smoke.
89pts Whisky Advocate: "Some of the first peated spirit produced in the late 1990s at Tobermory Distillery has gone into this bottling, which has been finished in Marsala wine casks. The nose yields earthy malt, new leather, printer’s ink, and a final fragrant note. Big, bright flavours of orchard fruits and sweet peat on the palate, plus black pepper and dessert wine. Ashy peat, burnt oak, and lingering pepperiness in the finish."
Hepburn's Choice Inchgower 20 Year AB
$152.99
Selected by and bottled for Fountana Beverage Co, the importer for Hepburn's Choice in Western Canada, this 20 year old Inchgower is bottled at 50% with a custom logo featuring a picture of the Canadian Rockies. 636 bottles available exclusively in Western Canada.
Andrew's Tasting Note
Nose: butter and eggs whipped with brown sugar; Dulce Leche, subtle leather, fresh sliced lemons, lightly perfumed French soap and dewy botanical gardens; soft, elegant and oaky; sea breeze on a warm day.
Palate: big, rich, creamy, maritime and toasty with building spices, leather, dark sugars and earthy tones; still buttery and sugary, a little like raw cookie dough, leather and tobacco develop with tart lemon and sour orange; coffee bean, slightly burnt raisins, licorice and treacle; Christmas cake and tobacco emerge with time.
Finish: long, warming and spicy; the treacle and licorice linger longest with some leather and tobacco.
Comment: Inchgower is typically a big, muscular malt, with Maritime hints owing to its coastal location; this one highlights those features with a touch of finesse.
Chichibu The Peated 2011
$211.49
SOLD OUT
Only a little more than a dozen bottles of this peated Japanese single malt from the Chichibu Distillery came to Canada, exclusively to KWM. Distilled in 2011 and bottled in 2015 at 62.5%. 5980 total bottles were produced.
Chichibu 2011 Madeira Hogshead
$269.99
A single cask bottled exclusively for Le Maison de Whisky: “Every fragrance and flavour strikes a deep chord in the heart of the taster. And then, after a profound silence, words spill forth with the force of an unrelenting storm.” - 88pts Serge @ Whisky Fun
We received only 3 bottles. They are long gone.
Chichibu 2011 Beer Barrel
$269.99
Bottled exclusively for La Maison de Whisky, we received just three bottles of this Chichibu expression, the only bottles to come to Canada.
Distilled in 2011 and bottled in 2015 at 59.7% from Beer Barrel 3303 under the ‘Tay Bak Chiang II’ line. "Another single cask bottled exclusively for Le Maison de Whisky., 267 bottles."
Amrut 2010 KWM Virgin Oak Cask 891
$121.49
It has taken nearly 15 months, but our first exclusive Amrut cask is finally here. Bottled at 60% after finishing in a Virgin oak cask, this 2010 vintage 6-year-old whisky is one of the oldest Amruts ever to come to Canada (excepting the Greedy Angels). Only 94 bottles came from the cask, and just 90 of those found their way to Canada. The colour is massively dark and all-natural.
Glenfarclas Family Collection 1981 #151
$1,099.99
Available for pre-order!
This 1981 vintage Glenfarclas is the 4th release in the Family Collector Series. Bottled at 47.9% the whisky was matured 35 years in port casks. The longest port maturation ever of a Glenfarclas whisky, and one of the oldest in the industry. 521 bottles were released globally, with a tiny fraction of that coming to Canada.
Distiller's Description
"J. & G. Grant are proud to release the Glenfarclas 1981 Port Cask IV, the fourth limited edition bottling from the Family Collector Series. Full maturation in a Port Cask, as opposed to the more typically used Oloroso Sherry Casks, promises an excitingly different Glenfarclas single malt. With only 521 bottles available worldwide, this rarity is set to stir intrigue among Glenfarclas enthusiasts.
"The last distillery bottling matured in Port Casks dates back to 2012, which at the time was a limited edition 31 Years Old, making the current 1981 Port Cask IV the oldest Port Cask matured whisky to be released by J. & G. Grant. At 35 years old and bottled at cask strength (47.9%), this single cask whisky reveals a distinctive character accentuated by a sweet port influence.
"The packaging ties in with the previous Family Collector Series designs; a black leather box featuring a silver emblem of the Grant family’s 4th generation, George S. Grant. This was the current Director of Sales, George Grant’s grandfather, who was custodian of Glenfarclas for 52 years. Future generations can now appreciate this unique whisky, laid down in the family warehouses during George S. Grant’s tenure.
"George Grant, 6th generation, comments: “We wanted to make an innovative Family Collector Series, which incorporates bottlings from Fino Sherry, Oloroso Sherry, and now, Port Cask matured whisky. I believe this truly showcases the variety and skill that Glenfarclas has to offer to our valued customers around the world.”
