Dear Customer,

Being released in February we have five (5) new bottlings under the OLD MALT CASK label, two (2) CLAN DENNY Grains, four (4) in the 20 cl range and a DOUBLE BARREL.

Tasting notes for OLD MALT CASK:

OMC1984 BOWMORE 14 YEAR OLD
Nose: Freshly scented + peat, fruit & vanilla + boiled sweets.
Palate: Opens sweet – runs to a spiced/smoky/ashy character.
Finish: Sweet liquorice develops to soft/chewy tar and BBQ ashes (J)

OMC1986 GLEN GRANT 15 YEAR OLD
Nose: Opens with a sweet grist quality running to a creamy home baked style
Palate: Carries a fruity sweetness (lemon and oranges) + vanilla & honey
Finish: Remains fresh & sweet, still vanilla’d now with a more spicy character (J)

OMC1968 ABERFELDY 16 YEAR OLD
Nose: Softly perfumed with fruit, honey and dry grist.
Palate: A silky smooth introduction to vanilla, Malt and spice.
Finish: Butterscotch + spices + sugar + oak (F)

OMC1972 PORT ELLEN SHERRY 27 YEAR OLD
Nose: Clean & fresh, yet strongly spiced + a chewed leather quality
Palate: Opens round – subtly peated/sweetly spiced – runs to smoke
Finish: Spices continue + some late, sweet, smoky character returns (J)

OMC1983 CAOL ILA 30 YEAR OLD
Nose: Fresh and grassy – developing to an earthy + dark chocolate style.
Palate: Overwhelmingly rich character + burning tobacco + a soft tar quality.
Finish: Still sweet (burnt custard) running to a cough drop (camphor) style (J)

Tasting Notes for the CLAN DENNY GRAINS:

DEN0058 CAMERONBRIDGE BOURBON 45 YEAR OLD
Carries a soft fermented apple quality on the nose, running to a “Poire William” style with a sweet & macerated fruit character, maybe even some late tobacco. The palate is more Calvados in style running to toffee’d apples – bizarrely without much Scottish heritage – but intriguing nevertheless! The finish is typically short yet remains surprisingly fruity – now carrying a honey, vanilla, stewed bananas and light oak quality. (F&J)

DEN0041 GIRVAN 20 YEAR OLD
Opens sweetly with a round vanilla quality – Bourbon style. The palate is still vanilla’d with a warm custard and toffee character, running to an interestingly sweetly spiced quality. The finish is, typically, not so long yet replicates the palate – still sweet and attractively spiced. (J)

The DOUBLE BARREL releases is:

DBS0022 Highland Park/Bowmore

And lastly the four (4) 20cl Advance Samples are:

SMC0383 Aberlour 12
SMC0384 Auchentoshan 12
SMC0382 Glengoyne 12
SMC0385 Miltonduff 12

We will continue to pick casks that we believe to be of an appropriate quality for you to enjoy in good company.

All best wishes

Fred H Laing
Managing Director

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