2014 Ben Nevis 10 Year Old “Signatory” K&L Exclusive First Fill Sherry Butt Cask Strength Non Chillfiltered Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky (700ml) $69.99 View

This whisky shouldn’t exist. We had to double check all the numbers multiple times before we considered selling this impeccable cask at this ridiculous price. If you’ve been paying attention Ben Nevis has gotten hard to find. They cut off sales to independent bottlers and the few who had stock took ridiculous increases in price over the last few years. We had some good luck with these young Nevi from Signatory and were perfectly excited to sell a younger one two seasons back at more than double the price. So when our suppliers came to us with this incredible deal, we were certain someone had made a horrible error. Incredibly they’ve confirmed many times over that this price is indeed correct and we’re extremely lucky and grateful to have a chance to sell this special whisky at an absolutely unprecendeted price. The dense dark sherry and the oily powerful Ben Nevis malt are a match made in heaven. You’ll be hard pressed to find a more delicious or complex malt at 3 times the price. There’s no questions that lovers of sherried Ben Nevis (or sherry in general) should be lining the walls of there cellars. Even if this is the beginning of a new era of incredible prices, you’ll still be sad to see this one go. No one else in the world will be able to offer you 1st fill sherry Ben Nevis at this ludicrous price. This sherry butt filled on January 27th 2014 and bottled exclusively for K&L Wine Merchants without chillfiltration of coloring at a natural cask strenght of 56.9% abv.

2007 Ardmore 17 Year Old “Signatory” K&L Exclusive Barrel #800201 Refill Oloroso Sherry Butt Cask Strength Non Chillfiltered Peated Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky (700ml) $89.99 View

Ardmore is widely underappreciated, the reasons for which are not always clear. They make a beautiful peated Highland style, but the owners spend almost no time selling it. Maybe, they want to focus on their other peated properties like Bowmore and Laphroaig, or perhaps the Ardmore is such a crucial part in so many popular blends, they don’t have the stock. But we always want more -Ardmore. When we do see Ardmore, it is typically in refill (3rd+ fill) ex-bourbon and hogsheads diverted from the blender’s grasps. Only two other sherried Ardmores have ever been sold at K&L, one was a Scott’s Selection from 1977 and the other a gorgeous Gordon & MacPhail 17-Year-Old Refill Sherry Hoggie. This stupendous 2nd fill sherry butt is of equal if not greater quality than that splendid G&M bottling yet we’re charging a full $70 less! The implications of that fact are truly astounding when you consider that the G&M at $140 was in 2020 dollars, so closer to $170 today. All that before we start talking about how lovely this old sherry butt is. Extremely complex without the subtlety of other Ardmores, the powerful earthy smoke melds wonderfully with fragrant yet subtle sherry -orchard pears, citrus oil, and roasted nuts. Then wet rocks, ash, forest floor mingle with hints of fresh rubber, kippers, and roasted spices. It loves air and water and needs tons of time to unwind, but when it does it might just be the best value in peated whisky of 2024.

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