Dear Customer,

For our September releases we are pleased to bring to your attention seven (7) new bottlings under the OLD MALT CASK label.

The Tasting Notes for OLD MALT CASK follow:

OMC 1893 Bruichladdich 16 Year Old
Nose: Sweetly spiced – softly salted – somewhat sweet.
Palate: More distinctly spiced, gristy – now barley sugared.
Finish: Mellow, warming, with honey + a spicy quality. (F)

OMC 1892 Fettercairn 19 Year Old
Nose: Clean and fresh – sweet hairdressing style + toffee & vanilla
Palate: Gristy sweet, now with a herbal tea quality – chamomile & bergamot
Finish: Short yet pleasant, still fresh with a subtle and sweet character (J)

OMC 1891 Balblair 20 Year Old
Nose: Darkly spiced/softly oaked – gingery + late grist + honey.
Palate: Mouthtingling-ly spiced – peppery and fruity + barley
Finish: Butterscotched – still gristy – still spiced + a soft fade. (F)

OMC 1894 Port Ellen 27 Year Old
Nose: Lightly spiced fruit+ a really sweet phenolic/tarry quality.
Palate: Dry, initially – eases into peat then to soft chewed leather.
Finish: Smoky, oaky, tarry and still very peated. (F)

OMC 1897 Highland Park 27 Year Old
Nose: Opens sweet & spicy with leather+ eucalyptus + old sweetshop style
Palate: Round – balanced oak and spices + a peppery character, now drier
Finish: Long, with toffee & spices, then runs long and dry (J)

OMC 1900 Aultmore 36 Year Old
Nose: Opens fresh, citrusy and sweet, develops to a toffee and ginger style
Palate: Big on the spice character, rich & still sweet + mouth coating caramel
Finish: Long, with lingering spices + eucalyptus + late liquorice + an oak tang (J)

OMC 1915 Glenallachie 38 Year Old
Nose: Fresh & fragrant with a sweet fruit & honey +malt character
Palate: Complex sweet & spicy quality runs to a pleasant oak style
Finish: Still fresh – now runs with a lightly smoked character (J)

We hope you will appreciate this new selection of young(ish), middle aged, and older Malts, from OMC – certainly we have enjoyed making that selection.

All best wishes
Fred Laing

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