Springbank Hazelburn 12 Year
$104.99
Hazelburn is the name the Springbank Distillery gives to their triple distilled and unpeated variant. The 12 year is matured in a mix of casks but is sherry forward. Bottled at 46% without colouring or chillfilering, the Hazelburn whisky was first distilled in 1997 by Scotland's oldest family owned and most traditional distillery, Springbank, Ext. 1828.
Andrew's Tasting Note
Nose: fresh, floral, decadent and doughy, like a French bakery; soft fruits, light citrus, melon and orange; a touch of sherry, nutty tones and dried dark fruits.
Palate: there is some sherry here but not as much as earlier releases, I find it buttery and malty; soft leather, dark spices and dark fruits develop lending more sherry-forward weight; more bakery-doughy notes with floral touches, still nutty and some crisp citrus notes.
Finish: drying with citrus and more floral malt.
Comment: not as much candied fruit and sherry as some previous incarnations, but still a lovely malt!
Double Barrel Macallan & Laphroaig
$80.99
Tasting Note by Fred Laing: "Nose :- Opens lightly tarred yet fresh/floral with caramelised fruit (apricots) + spices (thyme and vanilla) beyond the saltiness. Palate :- An initial sweetness + peat and tar alongside baked quality that runs to burnt shortbread and salty seaweed. Finish :- Combines the Macallan honey with the Laphroaig tarry character."
Tullibardine 1993 KWM PX Cask 15081
$107.99
Nose: Sawdust, then the Pedro Ximenez sherry notes; this whisky is sweet & spicy, figs and raisins, marmalade & baklava. Palate: Starts huge for a Tullibardine, big, sweet & spicy! The sweet sherry notes dominate with hints of cedar, clove, nutmeg & black licorice. Rich though this whisky is it has a gentler side too with soft candied fruits, subtle vanilla & hints of light Christmas cake. Finish: Long, sweet &d very pleasant.
Dewar Rattray Cask Ben Nevis 11 Year
$84.14
Ben Nevis is the lesser known of only two distilleries in the Western Highlands of Scotland. The distillery is located in Fort William, and though it sits right beside a major road, it is not well marked. This independent bottling is from a single Refill Sherry Butt. 56.8% cask strength, non-chilfiltered. Nose: brandy snaps and caramac chocolate. Palate: cinnamon and cloves with honey and oats.
Glenfarclas 1952 Cask
$2,543.39
Benromach Organic 2008 Vintage
$84.99
"This special edition bottling is made using the finest Scottish organic barley, dried using peat smoke, to produce an Organic Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky with a distinctly smoky character. Matured in virgin American oak casks, this single malt displays sweet, charred oak aromas with rich fruit flavours and soft peat smoke." - Michael Urquhart, Benromach Distillery
Glenfarclas Cask J & G Grant
$326.69
Glenfarclas Cask J & G Grant 1985
$350.09
Glenfarclas Cask J & G Grant 1984
$409.04