Tomatin 1999 KWM Single Cask
$149.99
Our first ever single cask of Tomatin! The whisky was distilled at this Highland Distillery in 1999, matured in Bourbon and finished for five years in a Pedro Ximenez Sherry Butt. 621 bottles were filled at 52%. It was bottled at 17 years and 9 months of age. It is a classic big sherry cask whisky!
Andrew's Tasting Note
Nose: nutty and woody with soft leather; a touch of tobacco and clotted cream; moist Jujubes and candied fruit tones with a touch of musty oak; ginger and cinnamon in a cedar sauna.
Palate: round, oily and thick; the sherry is laid thick over the creamy, honeyed, base; more Jujubes and big candied fruits; leather and tobacco with dark chocolate, candied orange peel and Demerara sugar; my mouth is tingling, watering and desirous of more; the sherry is bold but balanced, coming in big waves, eventually emerging into cloves and Dutch licorice.
Finish: very fruity, rich, long and spicy; it continues to evolve in waves; very oily and coating.
Comment: it is getting harder and harder to find good value sherry cask whisky, and so this exclusive Tomatin cask is timely; very good value for its age, here you have a very sherried but balanced malt; and for those with a sensitivity to sulphur I dare you to find even a trace herein!
Old Malt Cask Bowmore 21 Year KWM Cask
$199.99
Our Very own KWM Single Cask Bowmore from Old Malt Cask! Long have we searched for a worthy (and well-priced!) single cask from this Islay distillery to bottle for our store. When we tasted this Hunter Laing Cask we new we had arrived! Bottled at 21 years old from a Refill Hogshead. Distilled March 1996 - Bottled June 2017. 50% ABV
Brora 34 Year 51.9%
$2,249.99
6 Final Bottles Then it is Done!
That Diageo would put out yet another annual release of Brora was not a surprise, but the announcement a few weeks back that they would reopen the distillery certainly was. Along with Port Ellen and Rosebank, the long closed distillery is set to reopen. But of the three it has the greatest chance of someday reliving its past glory, as much of its equipment is still in place. Having said that, I will be in my mid-late 70’s by the time its whisky reaches this age. 92pts Serge @ Whisky Fun! Bottled at 51.9% from Re-fill American Oak.
Distiller’s Tasting Note
Nose: At first maritime and mineral, with dried seaweed. Then a wave of flavours suggest a cider farm's workshop in springtime. Finally, sweet flavours roll in with green leaves, all on a faintly waxy base.
Palate: The waxy texture for which Brora is renowned starts sharper than you expect, with fruit, chili and fresh-ground black pepper. As the heat subsides, fruity dark chocolate and soft barrel-char smoke appear.
Finish: Some spice in the finish as aniseed slowly fade to leave sweet-spicy oak. With a final quick burst of black pepper and sweet fruit.
Tasting Note by Serge @whiskfun.org:
“Indeed, perhaps not Brora’s best vintage, but let’s see what gives… Colour: straw. Nose: it frankly is a Clynelishy Brora. Virtually, this is Clynelish, with this waxy style, the ripe fruits, the faint smokiness, this orange peel, and all the beeswax. And lamp oil, hay, a little clay… All very fine, all quite subtle, and yet rather fat and assertive. Class. Mouth: wonderful. This time, it’s more Brora than Clynelish, with more mineral notes, more chalk, a small mustardy side, more sea elements, and rather more lemons than tangerines. Also green bananas, ripe white currants, and some slightly smoky lemons. Some wulong tea as well, this is very complex. Finish: only medium, but beautifully waxy and citrusy. Totally love the saltier signature. Oysters? Comments: not a peat master, but in a higher league than that of several previous 1982s by G&M (CCs and such). It’s good that they had decided to keep this puncheon until the year 2015. Smart decision! SGP:553” - 92 points.
Macallan Edition No. 3
$174.99
The third releases in the Macallan Edition series, appropriately named N0. 3, is a collaboration with Master Perfumer Roja Dove. Roja and Bob Dalgarno crafted the whisky from a combination of European and American oak casks. 48.3%.
Andrew's Tasting Note
Nose: nutty, toasty and leathery with notes of firm oloroso; coffey beans and tobacco leaf; candied orange and ginger, cooked dates and figs wrapped in proscuitto; Manuka honey.
Palate: soft and fruity; very decadent and sugary balanced by earthy dunnage warehouse notes; Panda brand licorice, molten brown sugar, nutty sherry tones and loads of dark dried fruits: raisins, grilled proscuitto wrapped dates and figs; dark milk chocolate and Jujubes; more candied ginger and orange.
Finish: rich, fruity and quite lovely; sherried but far from over the top; nice balance.
Comment: its good, very good; excellent structure, lots of layers and very well balanced; the higher proof does it justice!
Casks used in the creation:
1st Fill American Oak Hudosa Sherry Butts
2nd Fill European & American Oak Sherry Butts
1st Fill European Oak Tevasa Sherry Butts & Puncheons
1st Fill American Oak Ex-Bourbon Hogsheads
1st Fill European Oak Tevasa Hogsheads
1st Fill American Oak Ex-Bourbon Barrels
Distiller's Tasting Note
Nose: Reminiscent of a fine fragrance, the nose leads with vanilla ice cream, fresh cut oak and delicate florals. Orange oil provides subtle grandeur while ginger, cinnamon and nutmeg flit in and out in various guises. Vanilla imparts sweetness, leading citrus fruits forward then allowing chocolate to show. Burnished oak delivers a soft ending.
Palate: Sweet fruit, vanilla and rich fruit cake with suggestions of apricot, pear and crisp green apple. Hints of ginger and cinnamon are balanced with a light resinous oak finale.
Finish: Long, sweet and fruity, leaving a lasting impression on the senses.
Springbank Society 9 Year Sauternes
$119.99
Please note, you must be a Springbank Society Member to buy this product. Strictly 1 per customer!!!
Only 42 bottles are available for Canadian Springbank Society members; 1 per member. It was matured in a Fresh Sauternes Hogsheads from November 2007 and matured through May 2017. 57.1% abv. I haven’t had a chance to write up a tasting note yet, so the distillery’s will have to do.
YOU HAVE TO BE A SPRINGBANK SOCIETY MEMBER TO PURCHASE A BOTTLE: But we can help with that. Membership is a onetime fee of £50. We can send you the form and forward it to the distillery!
Distiller’s Tasting Note
Nose: Dunnage warehouse; bruised fruits, sun-dried raisins and treacle toffee with icing sugar and port notes appearing as the nose develops.
Taste: Syrupy texture, with earthy and oaky notes, prunes, redcurrants and bramble jam.
Finish: Chewy, sweet and rich like sticky toffee pudding and Christmas cake; hints of treacle, brown sugar and dark cherries.”
Bowmore 23 Year Port Matured
$719.99
From one of the oldest and most iconic disilleries in Scotland (not to mention, one of my favorites as well) comes this extremely limited special release. If you've ever been fortunate enough to visit the distillery, and have navigated your way through some of the most esteemed warehouses in the world, you'll know there are many different barrel types slumbering away at Bowmore. Some turn out...well...just 'okay' and end up being married with other barrels in mass vattings for the mainstream releases. Others are special. They get put aside and lovingly doted on until the time is right for bottling. And in 2013, it was finally decided the time was right for this one.
An outturn of 12,000 bottles doesn't go very far, and I'm sad to say that we only have one bottle left of this gorgeous 1989 vintage. Don't sleep on this one.
50.8% abv
Cadenhead Small Glen Spey 2001
$119.99
The 2001 Cadenhead Small Batch Glen Spey was matured in two ex-bourbon hogsheads and bottled at 46% ABV a the age of 15 years old. 720 bottles were produced in total with only 24 bottles coming to Kensington Wine Market for Canada.
Cadenhead Small Batch Ord 2005
$87.49
A rare bottlling of Glen Ord from Cadenhead. From two ex-bourbon hogsheads distilled in 2005 and bottled in 2017 at 12 years old.
55.8% ABV.
Scotch Malt Whisky Society 37.87
$108.74
PUFF PASTRY PLUM TARTS
This 13 year old Speysider, at 58.8%, was finished in a 1st fill charred ex-red wine hogshead after maturing in an ex-bourbon hogshead.
Flavour profile: Sweet & spicy.
Outturn: 228 bottles.
Panel's tasting note: "We entered a stately home and walked through the hall of marble white granite limestone, passing the armour’s gallery, downstairs to the kitchen with an open hearth. We were offered baked brie with apricot preserves and almonds as well as warm bread with sunflower seeds. After a drop of water the sweet smell of puff pastry plum tarts and apple strudel made us even hungrier and we enjoyed a sticky toffee loaf cake with fudge icing. After 12 years in an ex-bourbon hogshead, we transferred this whisky directly into a 1st fill charred ex-red wine hogshead for the remainder of its maturation."
Drinking tip: "Getting warm and cozy by an open fire"