Benromach 15 Year
$131.99
The new Benromach 15 Year, in sharp new packaging, is made from malts matured in First Fill Bourbon and First Fill Sherry casks before bottling at 43%.
Benromach 2009 Cask Strength
$104.99
Limit 1 Per Customer!
Batch 04 of the Benromach Cask Strength is a 2009 vintage, matured in ex-Bourbon and Sherry casks before bottling at 57.2%.
Producer Tasting Note
Aroma: Rich dark forest fruits with clove and cinnamon spice, followed by sweet raspberries and dark chocolate aromas.
Palate: Sherry soaked fruit and subtle smoke lead to a hint of zesty orange peel. Red apple flavours develop alongside subtle cracked black pepper.
Finish: Full bodied and long finish with sweet smoke and red berries.
Scotch Malt Whisky Society 39.196
$131.74
ENRICHED GERANIUM
This 13 year old Speysider is 59.1% after maturing in a refill ex-bourbon hogshead.
Flavour profile: Light & delicate
Distilled on: 24 July 2006
Outturn: 311 bottles
Scotch Malt Whisky Society 46.88
$274.99
A CURIOSITY OF FLAVOURS
This 22 year old Speysider spent 20 years in ex-bourbon wood before being transferred into a 2nd fill Spanish oak PX hogshead, and comes in at 53.1%.
Flavour profile: Deep, rich & dried fruits.
Outturn: 232 bottles.
Panel's tasting note: "Slightly restrained, the nose slowly divulged barley sugars, chocolate profiteroles, maple candy and bourbon biscuits – digging deep, we found earthier elements (pipe tobacco, rhubarb, nutmeg, cappuccino, seasoned oak). The palate offered sugar-coated fennel seeds, clove-flavoured brown sugar, camp coffee and roasted parsnips – ginger, cumin and cardamom on the finish.
The reduced nose gave us creamy toffee, Crunchie bars, dark chocolate with cherry pieces and coffee and walnut gateau. The palate now had blackcurrant cough sweets, liquorice, moist tobacco leaf, ripe gooseberry and a dry, seasoned oak finish. After 20 years in ex-bourbon wood we put this into a 2nd fill Spanish oak Pedro Ximenez hogshead."
Scotch Malt Whisky Society 135.21
$134.29
CHEEKY AND REEKY
From the Highlands, this 14 year old is 53.3% after maturing in a refill ex-bourbon hogshead.
Flavour profile: Lightly peated
Distilled on: 18 March 2005
Outturn: 277 bottles
Scotch Malt Whisky Society 63.63
$134.99
FUNKY OLD BODEGA - 1 Per Member!
From a 2nd fill sherry butt, this 7 year old is 66.2%.
Flavour profile: Deep, rich & dried fruits.
Outturn: 602 bottles.
Panel's tasting note: "Unashamedly lavish aromas of raisins and sultanas plunged into the oily opulence of walnuts, olives and Serrano ham whilst a background funk encapsulated strong black tea and the warm air of Jerez. A mouth-coating swirl on the palate engulfed us in a world of root beer and strawberry wine with heavy juniper berries, prunes and leather as a tingle arrived from wasabi peas.
Water revealed hidden secrets in a bodega as dark chocolate melted over Brazil nuts with brown sugar and liquorice. A heightened complexity now drew us into soy sauce and balsamic glaze with truffle oil and brandy butter. Touches of salt remained on the tongue with a lasting warmth that suggested cognac, calvados and even dark navy rum."
Scotch Malt Whisky Society 6.39
$135.99
A BELTER OF A DRAM!
After 5 years in an ex-Oloroso butt, this 7 year old Speysider was transferred to 1st fill Pedro Ximenex butt, and it's 65.2%.
Flavour profile: Spicy & sweet.
Outturn: 585 bottles.
Panel's tasting note: "A fantastic deep amber colour was followed by an aroma which transported some of us to Jerez eating a slice of jamón Serrano next to a bowl of black olives, while others were in the Caribbean sipping rum and eating dark chocolate. Strong, powerful and fierce like flamenco with the feisty rhythm of percussion and guitar – a belter of a dram!
With water we could sense the stomping of the dancer on the floor while the tune on the palate now more like a rumba – elegant and breathtakingly beautiful. After five years in an ex-Oloroso sherry butt we transferred this whisky into a 1st fill Pedro Ximenez sherry butt."
Scotch Malt Whisky Society 35.258
$159.99
STIRS YOUR SOUL
This 11 year old Speysider was matured in a refill Oloroso puncheon and is 64.9%.
Flavour profile: Spicy & dry
Distilled on: 10 March 2008
Outturn: 621 bottles
Scotch Malt Whisky Society 144.1
$234.99
SEARINGLY SWEET PURPLE SMOKE
This 7 year old from Sweden comes from a new oak barrel and is 60.6%.
Flavour profile: Peated.
Outturn: 231 bottles.
Panel's tasting note: "We felt like walking through fields of purple heather at sunset with the sky matching the ground in terms of colour (a lovely pastel hue), but then there was a smoking fire disturbing the tranquil scene. We took a sip from a hipflask – wow! Delicious, searingly sweet smoke was joined by venison carpaccio with caramelized walnuts.
With a drop of water, we discovered additional fruity apple smokiness next to stuffed Greek vine leaves with currants and pistachio called dolmades. The palate now had plenty of sweet smoky fruit flavours like baked apples and red cherries balanced with a slightly menthol and herbal finish."