MacNair`s Lum Reek 10 Year CS Batch 2
$114.99
Exciting to have Batch #2 in hand! And for the keeners who live in that world of nuance, we still have a few bottles of Batch #1, so if you wanna compare... we gotcha covered!
Producer Note: "Crafted from a combination of the finest Speyside and Islay Single Malts, including aged GlenAllachie, Batch 2 of our Lum Reek 10-year-old is the perfect balance between peat and rich, fruity character. The spirit was laid to rest in premium Spanish sherry casks, wine barriques and virgin oak casks at The GlenAllachie Distillery. As time passes, the flavours marry and extract additional characteristics from the wood, creating a deliciously sweet yet subtly smoky flavour profile."
Natural colour, non-chill filtered, and bottled at 55.8%.
Boutique-y English Whisky Batch 3 12 YO
$102.99
This unpeated yet feisty 63.4% ABV bottle from that Boutique-y Whisky Company features 12 year old Single Malt from the English Whisky Company. Filled from one ex-Bourbon Barrel, it is one of 272 bottles that have made its way out into the world, with only a handful coming to Canada.
Notes From The Folks at Boutique-Y
"This is our 3rd batch, and the first commercially available 12 Year Old bottled from this distillery (there was a recent bespoke club bottling of 12 year old whiskies) Their 11 Year Old distillery release has recently been awarded English Whisky of the Year at The Wizards of Whisky Awards
The distillery was the first to produce whisky in England for over 100 years! The English Whisky Company led the new wave of English whisky makers when they released the first English single malt for more than a hundred years in 2009. Some of the best barley is grown in Norfolk, and the Breckland water is superb.
Their distillery is named ‘St. George’s’, but thea are known as The English Whisky Company - there was only one when they opened in 2006, and remained the only whisky distillery in England for some time. St George’s also the first whisky distillery Boutiquey-Dave ever visited, so he have a huge soft spot for this distillery"
Rum Agricol 970 Madeira 6 Year
$95.99
Explore the 970 Reserva 6 Year Old, a Madeira Treasure. Aged in French oak barrels, this rum reveals the essence of ancestral know-how. Its richness and history invite you to discover more about this icon of the sugar island. Rum Agricol 970 Madeira 6 Year is made at the Engenhos do Norte distillery on the Portuguese island of Madeira.
40% ABV
Torbreck Cuvee Juveniles Blanc
$35.99
There is a European sense of tradition here that means vines planted in the 1840s – many of them Rhone varieties such as Shiraz, Grenache, Mourvédre – still thrive and bear fruit of unique concentration and flavour. Torbreck pays tribute to these vineyards with minimal intervention, creating wines of richness, structure and length that age gracefully. The multi-generational growers, whose descendants arrived here nearly two centuries ago, are the backbone of Torbreck’s winemaking aspirations.
G&M Private Collection Benromach 1982
$2,519.99
This 39 year old Private Collection Benromach, bottled just shy of 40 years, was matured 19 years in a Sherry Cask before finishing for a further 20 years in a Burgundy Hogshead. At 60.2%, it has held its strength too. A sister cask to this bottling, also finished in Burgundy, is rocking 91pts on Whiskybase.
Independent bottlings of Benromach are extremely rare, there have been less than a dozen in the last 20 years, and a good chunk of them were by the distillery's owner Gordon & MacPhail. So why bottle a bunch of 39 year old Burgundy finished Benromachs (there appear to be at least 3) under Gordon & MacPhail? I suspect it is because these whiskies fall outside of the style the distillery is going for, and they didn't want to confuse these with the recent 40 year old releases, which have a more traditional style.
Coole Swan Irish Cream
$45.99
Absolutely no contest. Coole Swan is our very bestest, most favoritest Irish Cream ever! This is not the kind of stuff you need to mask with coffee. This is the kind of stuff you pour in a frosted glass and savour just as is. Of course, it works a treat in coffee too! 100% fresh Irish cream, Single Malt Irish Whiskey and white Belgian chocolate are pretty much all you've got here. No artificial ingredients. They like to tell us that 231 versions of Coole Swan were produced before they finally reached a recipe that they were happy with. Thank goodness for persistence. Irish magic in a glass.
Rosebank `The Roses` 21 Year Enchantment
$2,349.99
This whisky was featured on Day 12 of our 2023 KWM UBER Whisky Calendar. You can check out Evan's blog post on the whisky here.
Created from a parcel of whiskies distilled in 1990 and 1991, the whisky was for matured 21 years in a mix of 75% ex-Bourbon and 25% Madeira casks, bottled at 50.3%. 92.2pts Whiskybase
Producer Description
"Enchantment is the seventh in a series of seven highly sought-after Rosebank bottlings, released annually by Elixir Distillers. It is a marriage of spirits distilled in both 1990 and 1991, matured in 75% American oak barrels and 25% Madeira hogsheads.
The casks used for the Roses series were among the last held by an independent company. Each bottling in the series represents a different character of Rosebank, bringing together casks with different styles to demonstrate this lost distillery’s wonderful diversity.
Rosebank was mothballed in 1993 and the equipment was stolen in 2009. The spirit produced at the distillery was triple distilled, creating a light, floral style loved by many. Rosebank has since become a cult favourite amongst whisky lovers and collectors."
Greenock Creek Cornerstone Grenache
$55.99
Thrust into the international wine spotlight thanks to an unmatched eight perfect 100-point scores from the world’s leading wine publication, The Wine Advocate, Greenock Creek remains the proud standard-bearer for long-lived Barossa Valley red wines of deep colour, abundant flavour and great structure.
Their vineyards are situated in the sub-regions of Seppeltsfield, Marananga and Moppa located along the Barossa Valley’s western edge and are some of the oldest vines in the world. Thin, sandy loam topsoil's lie sparsely scattered over ancient deposits of bluestone, marble stone, limestone, quartz and ironstone. Rainfall is limited, often to less than 400 millimetres a year falling through winter and early spring. Subsurface clay retains valuable moisture, sustaining the vines through the long, warm and dry summers and autumns. The perfect, low disease pressure conditions in which to grow small, healthy bunches of compact, flavour-packed berries.
Le Grand Verdus Reserve 2019
$57.99
In 1973, Philippe Le Grix de la Salle left the Créon cooperative and started up his winery. This was the birth of Grand Verdus as a wine château in the classic Bordeaux mould. Under the courtyard of the 400-year-old structure are the wine cellars. The stainless steel tanks are among the first installed in Gironde. At the same time, some Premiers Grand Crus Classés of the Médoc are also developed. With the help of Emile Peynaud, a famous professor at the Faculty of Oenology of Bordeaux and “mentor” of Philippe Le Grix de la Salle, a modern Bordeaux chateau is born.