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Scotland – Single Malt Scotch

• Balvenie Tun 1401 Batch #3 Single Malt Whisky 750ml (Elsewhere $1700) – 1 available ($1,499.99) Named for the marrying 2000 liter tun where these 10 casks were mingled before bottling. Very rare and highly allocated. Pretty much the only option to taste small batch Balvenie. A definite throwback to an older style. The barrels in questions were all layed down by Master Blender David Stewart and their marriage is designed to capture the unusual and mystical atmosphere in Balvenie’s famous Warehouse #24. In all, 7 bourbon casks and 3 sherry butts went into batch three. The oldest dating to 1967 and the youngest from 1989, the majority of the whisky comes from the 70s and early 80s. Cask strength and true to form, this is the Balvenie at its best. -David Girard, K&L Spirits Buyer

• Balvenie Tun 1401 Batch #6 Single Malt Whisky 750ml – 1 available ($799.99) Here is the new batch of Balvenie’s well received NAS small production vatting: nine casks–seven traditional whisky cask (perhaps they mean hoggies?) and two sherry butts–from various vintages, all finished in the Tun 1401, a traditional marrying vessel. Some are close to 30 years old. This limited release will not be around for long. The distillery describes it as “fragrant and fruity with barley sugar sweetness and soft vanilla. The liquid is sweet at the start, followed by a luscious explosion of tangy citrus and gentle spices. Notes of honey combined with rich vanilla syrup and hints of oak tannin give a rich finish with a lingering sweetness.”

• 2001 PC6 – Port Charlotte 6 year old “Cuairt-Beatha” Islay Single Malt Whisky 750ml (Elsewhere 600) – 1 available ($400.00) Best New Whisky and Best Whisky 12 Years and Under (Jim Murray’s Whisky Bible, 2009) The Port Charlotte 6 Year is a thoroughly original, heavily peated whisky (40ppm) distilled, matured and bottled at Bruichladdich Distillery. It is the same whisky as the PC-5, just a year older, a little mellower and a little lower in alcohol (2%). Called Cuairt Beatha, which translates to “Walk of Life,” the name was given to represent the spiritual journey of both the whisky and the men who made it. Distiller Jim McEwan says: “Opens beautifully balanced on malt, peat and young spirit. The youth and strenght of the spirit infusing the aromas of green apple, mild mint, clove, bayleaf and forest greenwood. Given a dash of water and time little notes of meadowsweet, iris and honeysuckle…as the next wave of bracken and smoke with a slipstream of vanilla is about to overload the olfactory senses. The Madeira cask influence lies deep in the glass and brings the rich notes of syrupy dates and raisins…it’s got an effervescence of spindrift and smoke, sweet citrus–the texture of the spirit is awesome due to trickle distillation. It’s the integration of all the characters of this island…that gives this spirit a 100% Islay DNA.”

United States – Bourbon and Rye

• High West Bourye Bourbon/Rye Whiskey 750ml ($79.99)

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