Benromach PX
$58.49
Benromach Hermitage
$99.99
New 2016 bottling, bottled at 45% from Gordon & MacPhail's Picturesque Benromach Distillery. Since G&M took over they have done a marvellous job of bringing this distillery back to life, and they've been releasing some fabulous new whiskies. This Contrast Collection finish, was distilled in 2005 and matured in "oak casks that once nurtured wine from the Hermitage Appellation d’Origine Contrôlée, in the northern Rhône region of France, famed for the Syrah grape."
Distiller’sTasting Notes: “Pour yourself a dram... as the whisky slips into your glass, observe its rich ruby red colour imparted by oak casks that once nurtured wine from the Hermitage Appellation d’Origine Contrôlée, in the northern Rhône region of France, famed for the Syrah grape. Lift your glass and take in the AROMA WITHOUT WATER. Swirl your dram around and enjoy those scents of summer... sweet summer fruits, refreshing red apples, and zesty lemon and lime. A touch of vanilla emerges and cinnamon notes develop, underlined by a touch of peat smoke and a peppermint edge. Now take a sip. The TASTE WITHOUT WATER is sweet and bursting with intense fruit... succulent dark cherry and orange, sharper kiwi and gooseberry... and these combine wonderfully with creamy milk chocolate and a gentle smoky edge. Now enjoy the AROMA WITH WATER… nose your dram and you may detect lime and grapefruit at first, with hints of delicious toasted malt and sweet vanilla with eucalyptus notes in the background. Take a sip and savour the TASTE WITH WATER… at first it’s gently spicy, quickly followed by sweet raspberry and tangerine flavours, and hints of almonds complementing the underlying peat smoke edge. The finish is gloriously long and fruity with a hint of smoke.”
G & M Cask Strength Old Pulteney 1995
$102.59
SOLD OUT!
G&M Conn Choice Glen Keith 1968
$223.19
Exclusive to KWM – Distilled March 1968 – Bottled June 2010 – Remade Hogshead – My Tasting Note: Nose: waxy, floral and honeyed; corn starch, vegetable oil, marzipan and white fruits; it has a very light, elegant but complex nature; Palate: very soft, almost silky then it begins to warm and the soft oils begin to coat, caress and moisturize your palate; more marzipan, sweet spices, mixed sugars (brown, white and Demerara) with tobacco and leather showing late; Finish: drying, sweet, coating and soft. Comments; the finish is a tad short but the nose and palate are sublime. I had originally resisted bringing in this whisky, it seemed to me a little over oaked, but there were no fewer than a dozen people at our Fall Single Malt Festival that just had to have a bottle so we brought it in, and I'm glad we did. My feelings on this whisky have taken a 180!
Kilchoman Spring Release 2011
$58.49
Kilchoman Spring 2011 Release – 46% - 70% of the whisky is 3 year old fresh Bourbon, and 4 year old fresh Bourbon finished for 5 weeks in sherry casks. – My Tasting Note: Nose: soft honey, vanilla, fermented wash, cherries and sweet fruit with grassy earthy peat; Palate: very chewy malt, dry biscuity peat and creamy honey; Finish: drying and oily with malt and pure smoke. - Tasted at the distillery.
Duthies Longrow 9
$66.59
My Tasting Note: Nose: sticky toffee pudding; nut liqueur, liquorice root, bakers chocolate and firm salty smoke; Palate: big, bold and yet surprisingly soft; the palate is bursting with sweet spices, moist ginger cookies, baked raisins and yes sticky toffee pudding; the sherry notes are bold just holding back the peaty malt and briny smoke; Finish: malty, chocolaty and smoky with some dark spice.
Bruichladdich DNA 2nd Edition 1977
$368.99
SOLD OUT! From the distillery. 1977 - AGED 32 YEARS WHEN BOTTLED. MYSTERIOUS BLACK PRESENTATION WITH ROMAN NUMERALS (MCMLXXVII) TO ELICIT CURIOSITY. 2ND IN THE DNA SERIES EXPLORING THE VERY SOUL OF BRUICHLADDICH. A UNIQUE ONE-OFF RELEASE – UNREPEATABLE COMBINATION OF SPIRIT AND AGE. CLASSIC AMERICAN OAK MATURATION. ONLY 844 SEQUENTIALLY-NUMBERED BOTTLES. BOTTLED SEPTEMBER 2010 AT CASK STRENGTH OF 47.4% THE ULTIMATE INDULGENCE IN AN ERA OF AUSTERITY. NATURAL WHISKY: NON CHILL-FILTERED AND COLOURING-FREE. BOTTLED AT BRUICHLADDICH DISTILLERY USING ISLAY SPRING WATER. MCMLXXVII - A RARE LIMITED EDITION RELEASE.
G&M Generations Glenlivet 70CL 1940
$19,800.00
We are getting both 700ml and 200ml bottles of this rare dram. I first tried it at the Nth Whisky Festival in Vegas, it is light and fresh, shockingly so for a whisky which has spent 70 years in a single First Fill Sherry Butt. The angels were kind with this one, somehow the cask retained 45.9% strength. The packaging is stunning; it has been bottled in a bespoke tear shaped crystal decanter with sterling silver stopper and base. The box is bespoke made of Scottish Elm and hand crafted in Scotland.
Ben Wyvis The Final Resurrection 27 Year
$1,727.99
SOLD OUT! - We won't likely ever see another! My Tasting Notes: Nose: lovely tropical fruits to start, shredded coconut, mandarin oranges and soft vanilla with hints of browning apple; Palate: thick and buttery, more lush tropical fruits and fresh cream; honey, marzipan and toasted oak... there is a lot going on here; just as on the nose there are notes of coconut, but more like toasted coconut chips than shredded, there is also plenty of toasted oak; I am shocked that the strength is only 43%, this whisky packs lots of flavour; Finish: long, drying and sweet; the tropical fruits linger but play second fiddle to the vanilla/coconut notes and toasted oak; ; Comments: I didn't know quite what to expect, especially given that this is the first and possibly last Ben Wyvis I will ever taste.