INTRODUCING THE AUTHORS’ SERIES at Loch Fyne Whiskies – Scotch Whisky News
INTRODUCING THE AUTHORS’ SERIES
The Authors’ Series is a collection of some of the finest single cask expressions found anywhere in the world. Each whisky has been paired with a famous author to match each whiskies characteristics. Each bottle in the limited series is housed in a leather presentation box.
Springbank 1997 Authors’ Series Alexandre Dumas
The 18 Year Old Springbank Single Cask is limited to just 96 bottles and has been bottled at a cask strength of 56.5% volume. Distilled in April 1997, it was bottled in November 2015 from a refill hogshead.
Tasting Notes:
Rich, dry and moody (just like Monsieur Dumas himself) with a peaty/turfy edge balanced by dark chocolate, dried fruits and a rum-like sweetness plus lovely smoky moments. The finish has lots of charred oak and smoke with rich fudge and molasses adding sweetness. A great Springbank
Littlemill 1988 Author’s Series Gustave Flaubert
Introducing an incredible Littlemill 1988 single cask which is limited to only 137 bottles. Distilled in November 1988 it was bottled in July 2015 at 56% volume.
Tasting Notes
Honeyed flavours combine with wood spice and a herbal, slightly savoury quality. Cobnuts and popcorn lead to a finish of over ripened fruits, peach stone, toasted cereals and poppy seed. A precise and perfectly formed whisky, reflective of Flaubert’s exacting aesthetic.
Ben Nevis 1996 Authors’ Series Leo Tolstoy
This single malt whisky is limited to 255 bottles. It was bottled in 2015 from a sherry butt, at a cask strength of 55.5% volume.
Tasting Notes
Rich with grassy and cereal flavours from the outset, then becoming earthy and mossy; typical Ben Nevis traits (grass, herbs) come to the fore with a splash of water. Citrus fruits and some nutty toffee lead us on to a pleasant okay finish with a touch of pistachio nut salt tang. With it’s abundance of honest, rural characteristics, this whisky is the perfect ode to the father of literary realism!
Allt A Bhainne 1993 Authors’ Series Mark Twain
This 22 year old Allt A Bhaine is limited to only 196 bottles and has been bottled at a cask strength of 53.9% volume.
Tasting Notes
Light at heart and universally enjoyable like its literary namesake, this is a classic Speyside style with buttery toffee, honeyed cereal bars and fresh fruits of yellow plum and sharon fruit. Water adds a light creamy coffee touch (think tiramisu), with a finish of soft oak and a sticky syrupy sweetness.
