Scotch Malt Whisky Society 44.86
$114.39
FOUR SEASONS IN ONE GLASS
This 10 year old Speysider was matured in a refill barrel and comes in at 60.8%.
Flavour profile: Sweet, fruity & mellow.
Outturn: 196 bottles.
Panel's tasting note: "Our journey began with the smell of fresh and green foliage after a rain shower, which then dried into dusty flowerbeds of sweet scented petals. Lavender, rose and jasmine combined with wisteria, elderflower and apple blossom, hot from the sun’s rays. Apple blossom turned to apple juice and then cider as we found ourselves in a damp forest eating brioche bread and digestive biscuits. Truffles, walnuts and wood chips blended with the earthy smell of the forest floor. As the air took a cooler stance we warmed ourselves by the fire with hot cups of earl grey tea and glasses of mulled wine with a good helping of fresh ginger to accompany spicy pear crumble, stollen bread and perhaps a cheeky glass of apple schnapps to finish."
Scotch Malt Whisky Society 71.47
$90.29
CITRIC, SPICY, WHISKY LASSI
This 10 year old Speysider was matured in a refil barrel and is 60.5%.
Flavour profile: Sweet & spicy.
Outturn: 187 bottles.
Panel's tasting note: "A citrus zing on the nose reminded us of home-made lemonade or breakfast grapefruit (including cherry) – other comments included an arts and crafts room, cinnamon and manuka honey. The neat palate was intense and penetrating – dry chili and pepper heat, rhubarb and ginger jam, chewing willow twigs, malt extract and Moroccan roasted vegetables. The reduced nose had basketwork, honey-cluster cereals and harvested hay fields or sugar cane plantations – also hints of gin, cucumber, lime and mint. The reduced palate was sweeter and still quite distinctive – butterscotch, coconut, walnut fudge, strawberry jam on hot-cross buns and an Indian drink called ‘lassi’."
Scotch Malt Whisky Society 30.98
$200.99
BRING ON THE DANCERS
This 25 year old Speysider is 46% after maturing in a refill barrel.
Flavour profile: Juicy, oak & vanilla.
Outturn: 168 bottles.
Panel's tasting note: "The nose evokes a Moulin Rouge dressing room or the set of Cabaret – perfumed dancing girls, silk scarves, a wooden fruit bowl, tobacco, apple strudel and paint. The palate is a delicate, dainty thing – subtle perfumed sweetness, pineapple and new wood – sweet and juicy as a Pink Lady apple, but more drying on the finish. With water, the nose really finds its voice and sings a sweet madrigal of tropical fruits, cranachan, Caribbean punch and picnic baskets in apple orchards. The palate is now fresher and juicier – peach and apricot flans, caramel apple granny cake and hints of barley and putty."
Scotch Malt Whisky Society 58.21
$149.99
OLD-FASHIONED CONFECTIONERS
This 11 year old was finished in a new oak hogshead after previously maturing in an ex-bourbon hogshead and comes in at 58%
Flavour profile: Spicy & sweet
Outturn: 220 bottles
Panel's tasting note: "The nose gave us floral perfumes (lavender, heather, nasturtium), Turkish Delight, lemon puffs and apple crumble, with hints of sandalwood, eucalyptus and five spice barbecued ribs. The palate was intensely tasty – clove, liquorice, sweet cinnamon, chili chocolate, crystallized ginger and robust oak. The reduced nose evoked an old-fashioned confectioner’s (lucky tatties*, marzipan, toffee and sugar-coated fennel seeds) – also oak, pine, cumin and spiced rum. The reduced palate had pink peppercorns, dry ginger and Indian curry spice; mint chocolate and menthol – but the pleasant sweetness of pineapple, butterscotch and Danish pastries made it all very clean and tasty - we wanted more. (*cinnamon dusted fondant sweets vaguely resembling potatoes). Previously matured in an ex-bourbon hogshead."
Scotch Malt Whisky Society 66.110
$151.99
PEAT FOR BEGINNERS
This 12 year old Highlander comes in at 60% and after spending 10 years in an ex-bourbon hogshead it was transferred to a 2nd fill white wine barrique for the remainder of its maturation
Flavour profile: Peated
Outturn: 186 bottles
Panel's tasting note: "The nose approached with a delicate restrain, softly laden with the barbecued wafts of bacon, roasted sweet potato and smoked chestnuts on ham. Toasted banana mingled with singed porridge and the freshness of lemon skin on the sea breeze. The palate was less than restrained with a giant sized smack of delicious peppered steak and ribs in barbecue sauce. Sweet and sticky with a tongue tingling twist of cloves and char before caramelized onion chutney blended with lavender and lemon lollies. The finish carried the meaty delights of glazed ham and beef stock with salted almonds and burnt wood. After spending 10 years in an ex-bourbon hogshead this was transferred to a 2nd fill white wine barrique for the remainder of its maturation."
Scotch Malt Whisky Society G4.14
$259.99
AN ABSOLUTE ENCHANTMENT
This 33 year old single grain whisky comes in at 50% and after 32 years in ex-bourbon wood we transferred this to a 2nd fill toasted oak hogshead for the remainder of its maturation.
Flavour profile: Old & dignified.
Outturn: 178 bottles.
Panel's tasting note: "This was an absolute enchantment – attractive, balanced, vibrant and full of interest. The nose had banana toffee, crème caramel, cinnamon swirls and butterscotch; with additional hints of fresh wood, apricots, porridge and antiseptic. The palate echoed that sweetness (chocolate, fudge, custard creams) but also found undertones of tobacco, Fisherman’s Friends, spiced rum, nutmeg, orange peel and sugar-coated fennel seeds. The reduced nose added crystallized ginger, demerara, iced caramels and vanilla. On the palate – coffee and walnut ice-cream mixed with understated muscle rub – easy-drinking, complex and relaxing. After 32 years in ex-bourbon wood we transferred this to a 2nd fill toasted oak hogshead."
Tullibardine Chateauneuf du Pape Finish
$119.99
Bottled at 46%, this limited edition unchill-filtered Chateauneuf-du-Pape finished Tullibardine was distilled in 2005 and bottled in 2018. Wine-cask finished malts can be scary, but this one is as brilliant on the palate as the nose suggests. Sweet and fruity. A very limited number of bottles are coming to Canada, they won't last long. Initially matured in 1st Fill Ex-Bourbon the whisky was finished in Chateauneuf du Pape Barriques.
Distiller's Tasting Note
“Wonderfully russet in colour, the nose combines beautifully with a wonderful assortment of aromas, including juicy red fruits and hints of spice. On the palate there is a great body and character, with the classic Tullibardine freshness, and beautiful hints of cherry fruits and mint chocolate.”
A.D. Rattray North British 1991
$189.99
Macallan 30 Year
$3,799.99