July 2010

TO ALL CUSTOMERS

Dear Client

For the month of July we believe we have an interesting and really wide ranging selection to offer you comprising
(1) one new DOUBLE BARREL, (1) one outstanding Islay based OLD & RARE, (9) nine OLD MALT CASK bottlings, (5)
five under the Advance Sample 20 cls) with (2) two PREMIER BARREL offerings, (2) two Cigar Malts and a selection
of (7) seven for the PROVENANCE label.

The Tasting Notes for OLD MALT CASK follows:

OMC1853 LINKWOOD BOURBON 13 year old
Nose: Richly toffee’d + vanilla, citrus and barber shop smells.
Palate: Mouthcoatingly vanilla’d + an overload of ginger/spices.
Finish: Here the palate is replicated – but more sweetly. (F)

OMC1876 LOCHNAGAR 13 year old
Nose: Fresh, spicy, citric with barley and sugar.
Palate: Sugary initially then softly fruited and gristy.
Finish: Spicy with cough drop flavour+ a waft of dry smoke. (F)

OMC1852 LITTLEMILL 18 year old
Nose: Fresh, green malt sweetness + citrusy character + toffee
Palate: Still fresh, now fruity – trifle style (vanilla, fruit jelly and cream!)
Fi nish: Remains sweet with a long spiced style + vanilla + caramel (J)

OMC1879 LOCHSIDE 18 year old
Nose: Old fashioned hairdressing? – spiced – grassy and gristy.
Palate: Subtle with mocha + an oily, nutty and barley quality.
Finish: Warm spices+vanilla pods+burnt pancake (F)

OMC1863 ABERFELDY 26 year old
Nose: Fresh & fragrant – carries an orange blossom style + barley sugar
Palate: Clean, still fresh + a citrus quality, like a flamed orange peel
Finish: Attractive sweet style, with orange pith and an oaky tang (J)

OMC1868 CAOL ILA 26 year old
Nose: Sweetly phenolic, briny, peppery + late ozone.
Palate: Mouthcoatingly oily with coal dust and more late peat.
Finish: Now drier + concentrated peat/ash/sweet seaweed. (F)

OMC1866 GLEN MHOR 27 YEAR OLD
Nose: Distinctly toffee’d, fresh & clean, with a gristy sweet style
Palate: Honey sweet character runs to a toffee & ginger quality
Finish: Long, still spicy + a cedar wood + camphor(?)and coffee style. (J)

OMC1865 TOMINTOUL 40 year old
Nose: Carries barley sugar – sweet warm spices + light oakiness.
Palate: Drier than anticipated – warms to honey + mellow spices.
Finish: Lightly smoked – oily – and still oaked. (F)

OMC1875 SPEYSIDE’S FINEST SHERRY MATURED 42 year old
Nose: Sugary – fruity – nutty – oaky – and spicy!
Palate: Carries steamed fruit pudding – cinnamon – oak & spice.
Finish: Now drier – still spiced – lightly smoked + cloves. (F)

PROVENANCE Tasting Notes are as follows:

PRV0628 AULTMORE SHERRY 9 year old
Distinctly spicy and sweet as it opens – then more of a macerated fruit content comes through with more spice all
on the nose. The palate is more Sherried than the colour suggests – being sweet, smooth and rather fruity – even
with some light camphor and late dulcet barley sugar. The finish replicates the palate nicely. (F)

PRV0630 DAILUAINE 9 year old
The nose opens with a fresh, then musky character plus marzipan and candied plums appear running to rhubarb
crumble! The palate carries a ginger spice character and develops to a rich chocolate & toffee liqueur quality. The
finish is still sweet with a chewy cedar wood tang. (J)

PRV0632 ROYAL BRACKLA 10 year old
Fresh and clean on the nose, runs to a sweet fruity style –just like opening a bag of wine gums! Still sweet on the
palate, now honeyed, and carries to a gristy quality. The finish is round and mellow with a ripe pear style. (J)

PRV0629 ALLT A’BHAINNE SHERRY 12 year old
The nose opens sweet and spicy, reminiscent of freshly baked waffles with toffee and cream on top. The palate is
round with a fresh, sherbet quality and runs to spicy vanilla tablet. The finish is medium long, still sweet, with a
buttery cookie dough character. (J)

PRV0625 BEN NEVIS 12 year old
The nose opens with a yeasty, sweet character – maybe even home baked waffles, and develops to spiced pears in
syryp. The palate is still sweet and carries to macerated oranges with a barley sugar quality before a hint of smoke
appears. The finish is spicy with an attractive sweet and oaky character that lingers on. (J)

PRV0633 GLENCADAM 12 year old
The fresh, clean and floral nose is attractive and carries a barley sweet, creamy character. The palate is still sweet,
now more vanilla’d and lightly spiced in style, and runs to poached fruit in syrup. The finish is malty, sweetly
spiced, and develops a later orange tang. (F & J)

PRV0627 MACALLAN 12 year old
Clean and gristy, even with some barley sugar on the nose. Whereas, the mouth feel is round and viscous –
similarly so the palate which is lusciously sweet (blossom honey style) plus an interesting spiciness – all leading to a
slightly drier, still spiced – maybe camphor? – finish (F)

The five 20 cl ADVANCE SAMPLES are:

SMC0365 ALLT A’BHAINE (Sherry) 12 year old
SMC0368 AULTMORE(Sherry) 9 year old
SMC0366 BEN NEVIS 12 year old
SMC0369 DAILUAINE 9 year old
SMC0367 HIGHLAND PARK 11 year old

The one 20 cl CIGAR MALT is:

MSW2788 AULTMORE 9 year old
Nose: Sweetly spiced+macerated fruit.
Palate: Distinctly sherried – fruity & barley sugared.
Finish: Replicates the palate neatly (F).

The one 70 cl CIGAR MALT is:

OMC1858 AULTMORE 9 year old
Nose: Sweetly spiced+macerated fruit.
Palate: Distinctly sherried – fruity & barley sugared.
Finish: Replicates the palate neatly (F).

OLD & RARE Tasting Notes follow:

O&R0100 PORT ELLEN 30 year old
Still fresh and briny on the nose, it carries dry sand and a citric lime-y style …. not massively Islay in character yet.
But on the palate it is peppery, peaty and warmingly spiced as it is held – running then to subtle light tarry and
creosote engine room flavours. On the finish all these combine to create a warm spiced, ashy, sooty character. (F)

Lastly, the PREMIER BARREL Tasting Notes are (with apologies):

PBR0078 BRAEVAL 11 year old
Bravo! A breathtaking Braeval! Subtly sweet scented spices balance a bastion of barley – no bunkum! No badinage!
or balderdash! Try tackling the tantalising (treacle?) toffee too: totally tremendous, truly! (F)

PBR0079 BUNNAHABHAIN 12 year old
Go for the “full Bunna”! familiarly fresh, saliently salty, celestially clean – with oscillating ozone and a halcyon
herbal heritage ….. it portrays a palpable packet of peat. (F)

That was a lot of reading for you – for which accept our repeated apologises. As always we hope to be of assistance to you and send you our best regards,

Fred Laing