Small Batch Collection

DUE EARLY APRIL

CREATIONS BLENDED SCOTCH WHISKY 23Y/O 54.3%

Grey stripe (Robust smoky embers)! (Composition: Cao Ila, Invergordon)

Nose: Smoke is present , fairly mellow and not attacking. Invergordon provides lots of vanilla and custard cream notes. Palate: Very sweet with lots of toffee, fudge and tablet once you get past the initial smokiness. Becomes fruitier with time, very mouth coating with earthy dunnage overtones. Finish: A salty lingering finish with smooth honeycomb.

SMALL BATCH 46%

NORTH BRITISH DISTILLERY 1985 29Y/O 46% Nose: Yoghurt covered raisins. Honeycomb and buttered pancakes. Palate: Dry oily cereal notes with lots of vanilla. Blanched almonds and some peach notes with soft brown sugar. Finish: Fruit syrup and cookie dough. Soft delicate finish with Jamaican rum notes.

STRATHMILL DISTILLERY 1995 19Y/O 46% Nose: Lots of marzipan, and very floral – apple blossom? Some lime notes and a touch of cardamon. Palate: Toasted fennel seeds, gooseberries and almost salty. Vanilla ice-cream and cocoa powder. Finish: Saltiness develops in the finish. Hay like with whiffs of shortbread and golden syrup.

SMALL BATCH CASK STRENGTH

AALT-A-BHAINNE DISTILLERY 1992 22Y/O 52.5% Nose: Custard creams; hints of fennel and allspice. Creme caramel. Some dusty notes with some strawberries coming through. Palate: Very creamy with growing ever changing fruit bursts; limes, satsumas, peaches and solid toffee. Finish: Develops an effervescent fruitiness mingling in a blanket of thick cream.

GLENALLACHIE-GLENLIVET DISTILLERY 1992 22Y/O 48% Nose: Vanilla; freshly cut grass; icing sugar and buttered gingerbread. Palate: French cakes, very creamy with pistachios, marzipan and lemon icing. Finish: Faint coconut notes; gentle grassiness and and some fresh herbs. A picnic whisky – very refreshing.

GLENDULLAN-GLENLIVET DISTILLERY 1996 18Y/O 55.6%

Nose: Very minty with lots of toffee. Hard boiled sweets and very floral and grassy. Palate: Less minty on the taste with tablet and shortbread coming to the front. Becoming more buttery. Lemon meringue pie and lashings of cream. Finish: Initially short and creamy before giving way to some quince and apple notes.

GLENROTHES-GLENLIVET DISTILLERY 1990 24Y/O 55.7% (SHERRYWOOD) Nose: Huge sherry; very meaty with liqueur chocolates. Roasting pan juices with figs and poached pears. Palate: More massive sherry – grab a knife and fork for this. Lots of marzipan, quite creamy like a sherry trifle and then more meatiness grows. Finish: Huge sherry tussles with dried oranges, soft black pepper and a little rubber. One for the hardcore sherry fans.

MILTONDUFF-GLENLIVET DISTILLERY 1994 20Y/O 51.5% Nose: Bakewell tart, clotted cream and soft ginger notes. Fresh runny honey with cashew nuts and lemongrass. Palate: Bitter lemon, with lime and growing creaminess. A touch of cinnamon and white pepper mashed over ripe bananas and chocolate bourbon biscuits. Finish: Soft dry chocolate notes becoming creamier with hints of lime zest

SINGLE CASKS AT CASK STRENGTH

ARRAN DISTILLERY 1996 18Y/O 50.9% Nose: Juicy red fruits, hints of cough syrup and stewed apples and soft oily rag notes. Palate: Very fruity with lots of toffee, lemon drizzle cake and a very faint trace of smoke. Finish: A thick chewy finish, green apple skins and orange bitters. Slightly drying leaving you wanting more.

NORTH PORT (BRECHIN) DISTILLERY 1977 38Y/O 48.4% Nose: A real fruit bomb, kiwi fruits, limes, pears in syrup and melted white chocolate. Palate: Very syrupy with soft woody notes. More waxy fruit notes with dried spices and lemon sherbet. Finish: Very syrupy and a little flinty. Toffee bananas with more kiwis, lychees and watermelon.

ROYAL BRACKLA DISTILLERY 1984 30Y/O 54.1% Nose: Rich and oily with sweet fruits;honey; liqourice and hints of butterscotch. Palate: Soft oakiness, orange liqueur and a faint hint of spice. Quite full bodied with chocolate and runny toffee. Finish: Spiced apples, sweet vermouth and lightly smoked almonds.

TEANINICH DISTILLERY 1983 32Y/O 47.5% Nose: Sweet floral notes, juicy raisins; white chocolate buttons and faint tangerine notes. Palate: More orangey notes emerge along with some distant perfumed smoke, green tea; basil and oregano. Finish: Fruit syrup, barley sugar and Victoria sponge cake.

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