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Some more of our favourite sherry casks
Mortlach 20 Year old Cowie’s Blue Seal
This 20-year-old Speyside single malt comes from the new Mortlach range, launched in 2018. Known as ‘the Beast of Dufftown’, Mortlach is distilled 2.81 times in a complicated process referred to simply as ‘The Way’. This single malt is dubbed ‘Cowie’s Blue Seal’ in tribute to one of the original Mortlach bottlings dating back to 1909. Matured exclusively in American oak ex-sherry casks and bottled at a strength of 434.4% abv, this expression has waxy notes of overripe fruits, oak and wood spice.
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Tamdhu 30 Year Old Platinum Old & Rare
Distilled at Speyside’s Tamdhu distillery in July 1987, this single cask bottling from Hunter Laing & Co.’s Platinum Old & Rare Selection has been matured in a single sherry butt for three decades. Bottled in July 2017 free from chill-filtration and without articial colouring, only 533 bottles have been produced at a natural cask strength of 53.9% abv. The nose has orange marmalade and candied sweetness with a touch of apricot. The palate brings dried fruits with subtle spices and rich smooth toffee alongside massive sherry notes. The finish has more complex fruits and a developing sweet note atop a hint of honey.
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Glendronach Grandeur Batch 10 27 Year Old
This limited edition is the 10th release the GlenDronach Grandeur series. Consisting of hand-selected Pedro Ximenez and Oloroso sherry casks from some of the distillery’s rarest stocks, this 27-year-old expression has been bottled at a strength of 50.1% abv. Only 2,293 bottles have been produced, each one individually numbered. Described by Master Blender Rachel Barrie as ‘a symphony of depth and mellow maturity, reminiscent of times gone by. With layers of damson plum, black walnut and truffle on a bed of antique leather and old-fashioned treacle gingerbread, Batch 10 celebrates the robust, full-bodied style of The GlenDronach Distillery.’
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Author’s Series Tormore 1988 Frederick Douglass
Part of the First Editions Authors’ Series of single cask releases from independent bottler Hunter Laing & co, this 28 year old Speyside single malt was distilled in November 1988 and matured in sherry butt HL14253. Bottled in October 2017 at a natural cask strength of 54.1% abv, only 244 bottles have been produced, each one presented in a handsome leather case emblazoned with gold lettering. A rich amber coloured whisky, this long-aged Speysider has spent its life in a second-fill European oak sherry butt.
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