OMC Probably Speyside's Finest 41Year
$248.39
Nose: spicy-sweet, cedar and mahogany (you can tell this whisky is older, but not over the hill), dark fruits, marzipan and a light nuttiness. Palate: the palate surges with spicy, caramelized fruit and toasted oak, there is a creamy undertone but it plays second fiddle to the dark chocolates and fruit. Finish: long with sweet dark fruits, dry with toasted oak. Exclusive to Kensington Wine Market!
Octomore 2 140 PPM
$131.39
Aged 5 years the whisky is sure to pack a punch, both from the high alcohol content, 62.5%, and the phenolic level (peat and smoke), 140ppm. Only 15,000 bottles released worldwide, with very few having come in to Canada. KWM has acquired only 30 bottles. Palate: very smoky and herbaceous; there is smoke a plenty and lots of soft oils, firm peat, notes of fresh mint and wet grass, the vanilla is fleeting and sweet.
Macallan 18 Year
$157.49
There have been some silent changes at Macallan over the last few years--they no longer use Golden Promise barley, and they've installed wooden washbacks in their new production facility--but their commitment to good quality oak has been unwavering. The sherry oak line is matured in only European oak sherry casks which give the whisky its classic sweet, smooth, spicy and dark character.
Kilchoman Inaugural Release
$80.99
Kilchoman is an Islay Distillery that opened in 2005. At the time of construction it was the first new distillery on Islay in over 120 years. It is a farm scale distillery with a production level equivalent to Edradour, Scotland's smallest distillery. The distillery malts some of its own barley on site, and grows a proportion of it on its own estate. Kilchoman is a distillery to watch!
Port Ellen 30 Year
$404.99
. "Port Ellen whiskies are going to just keep getting rarer and more expensive. This old-fashioned whisky is beginning to show its age, but is still holding up nicely. It's clean, with no excessive oak and soft sweet maltiness for balance. Earthy and rooty at times, with tarry rope, beach pebbles, leafy smoke, bourbon barrel char, black licorice, lemon peel, and hints of shellfish and diesel fumes (like following a boat in the ocean). Long, smoky, lightly briny finish." 93pts John Hansel - Malt Advocate
Glenglassaugh 26 Year
$233.99
Springbank 18 Year 1st Release
$130.94
Nose: salty smoke, creamy, herbaceous and earthy showing trace of peat, and finally traces of--dare I say it—cannabis with a saline quality and gentle oils. Palate: richer than I expected, soft, smoky and bitter-sweet and at the same time very perfumy. Sour and spicy elements dance around my tongue. There are fruits here, and flowers, in fact the complexity is a little overwhelming. The smoke has a pine-needle edge to it and the fruits taste poached. Finish: sour poached fruits, clean salty smoke, fresh mint and drying traces of viscous mouth coating oils.
Mannochmore 18 Year
$247.49
Royal Mile Whiskies calls this "a lovely, lovely sherried whisky," and other reviewers have given it an even better review. Judging by the appearance they must be spot on, after 18 years in sherry casks it has hues of mahogany. Nose: leather, chocolate, strawberries and coffee, very fruity; Palate: big and chewy, chocolate, coffee and more strawberries. Finish: medium long with more dark chocolate and toffee.
Arran Bourbon Cask
$69.74
Nose: Sweet oak and honey, hints of coconut and candy appear with butterscotch and liquorice also evident. Palate: The taste is crisp and malty with a slight nuttiness, the malt begins to open and notes of citrus and sweet fruit emerge to coat the tongue. Finish: Clean and fresh, a lingering creamy sweetness; mellow, smooth and bursting with flavour. Distilled 1/10/98. Bottled 29/10/08. Cask 703. 231 Bottles.