WHISKY WAILERS

Just like whisky, jazz music incites a passionate response. This month we explore the mysterious arrangement that makes whisky such a fine accompaniment to music with a Whisky & Jazz playlist… Richard Havers (Universal Music/The Jazz Cafe) matches 15 of our whiskies to different tracks. Let us know what you think of our musical matches #whiskyjazz.

Sweet, fruity & mellow

85.31 A toy shop in an orange grove £46.80

76.123 Warm, joyous and gratifying £126.00

Spicy & sweet

35.135 A pure stouter! £69.50

55.30 Remarkable freshness, beguiling sweetness £43.30

Spicy & dry

77.37 Baked fruits and nuts £49.40

Old & dignified

7.114 Ode to Grown up George £110.00

Light & delicate

48.59 Cidre de Glace £42.80

Juicy, oak & vanilla

50.65 Tutti Frutti £110.00

44.64 You can fly £89.60

Lightly peated

66.68 Bon Appétit  £45.90

29.160 Fifty shades of dark** £62.40

Heavily peated

53.223 Angels and Demons £94.00

129.7 An artist in an antique boat** £70.00

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Glenlivet 18 Year Old 1997

Single cask refill hogshead bottled May 2015 by Douglas Laing & Co. for the Old Particular series. Yielding just 108 bottles!

Buy – $118.84

FEIS ILE 2015 – A SECOND TRANCHE

(PLUS A SPRINGBANK 21 YEAR OLD CLARET WOOD)

As we have previously mentioned, we had a member of staff up at the Islay Festival this year collecting bottles of whisky for our bar, tastings and shelves. To give everyone the best chance to purchase a bottle of these Feis Ile 2015 expressions, we decided it was best to split them into two releases. Below you will find the second and final release of our haul (including some repeats and some new bottles!). Better still we’ve also managed to get our hands on some Springbank 21 Year Old matured in ex-Bordeaux wine casks. Those who remember the stunning 12 Year Old Claret Wood from a few years back will know just how well Springbank takes to this cask type, so take a peek!

In other news, we will have an allocation of the Ardbeg Perpetuum soon, so keep your eyes on your inbox and our social media channels for more information.

THE SELECTION

Laphroaig Cairdeas, Feis Ile 2015, 51.5%

Laphroaig used their smaller pot stills to create an old fashioned style of their famous whisky and bottled it for the 2015 Feis Ile celebrations.  Very sweet & smokey on the nose, followed by menthol and burnt pine on the palate, with a long dry smoky finish.
£125

Bruichladdich High Noon 134, Feis Ile 2015, 48.7% – Signed by Jim McEwan

With just 1881 bottles produced, and a combined age of the whiskies that make up this stellar dram at 134 years, it’s fair to assume this is seriously old Bruichladdich! The bottle has even been signed by Jim McEwan! Gentle sweet honey and some salt on the nose, followed by more salt, then later, honey and cashews on the palate.
£199.95

Bowmore Virgin Oak, Feis Ile 2015, 55.7%

A Bowmore from the Feis Ile Festival 2015, taken solely from a virgin oak cask, spicy, peaty – delicious! One of just 1000 bottles produced. Presented in a cloth gift bag. Woody caramel, a little bit earthy on the nose with manuka honey on the palate and a lightly spiced, lingering finish.
£110

Bunnahabhain 11 Year Old, Rubha A’Mhail, Manzanilla Limited Edition, 57.4%

A small release of only 1200 bottles, this un-chillfiltered cask-strength Bunnahabhain has been matured in Manzanilla sherry casks. The result is a single malt with notes of chocolate eclairs, Maldon sea salt and gentle coastal notes.

£160

Bunnahabhain 18 Year Old, Moscatel Limited Edition, 51.8%

Matured in moscatel wine casks, this 18 year old Bunnahabhain takes on the honeyed vinous notes of the moscatel, fortified with that strong maritime Islay influence! One of only 250 bottles.

£450

Springbank 21 Year Old, Claret Wood, 46%

We picked this Springbank up from the distillery itself! A 21 Year Old that has been matured in ex-Bordeaux wine casks, lending the whisky notes of cassis fruits alongside that Springbank oiliness and fresh estery fruit!

£450

Time to blow our (and Balblair’s!) trumpet – we are proud to present an exclusive single cask, cask strength bottling of some of the last remaining 1997 vintage available. If you’re lucky enough to be in Edinburgh, London or Pitlochry call in at one of our shops for a wee sample (while stock lasts!)

BALBLAIR 1997 RMW Excl. 52.6% £99.95

RMW staff have all been saving up their pennies for this exclusive, specially selected single cask. It’s no secret that we love Balblair, but what a treat to get a rare cask strength bottling!

Glenlivet
42 Year Old 1973

Buy – $489.54

Summer’s in full swing and the July Outturn is full of tasty little numbers! Enjoy the bottle notes below and visit http://www.smws.ca/ for the full tasting notes:

Cask No. 123.10  Sweet treats on deck

9 years old; 1st fill barrel; 57.6%; Sweet, fruity & mellow

Fresh linen on board a freshly varnished yacht. Pear with vanilla ice cream and wafers. Butter icing, French fancies, iced gems. Elderflower cordial on warm, newly polished decking. Champagne tea with bread and butter pudding, chocolate truffles. Kick back, relax!

Cask No. 35.114  A Southern gentleman

19 years old; 1st fill toasted oak hogshead; 58.9%; Spicy & sweet

A slow start, then minty, with linseed and coconut oil, and a shake of white pepper – Rye whiskey character, which increases with water (macaroons, Bounty Bar), with spice. A sweet, soft taste (toasted marshmallows) and a warming finish.

Cask No. 121.74  A box of chocolates

14 years old; refill hogshead; 55.7%; Juicy, oak & vanilla

An emersion in sweets: Tunnock’s Caramel Wafers, Newberry Fruits (sugar-covered jellies), ‘mango cream fondant chocolates’, Thornton’s Summer Fruit Chocolates’, Maltesers, Bakewell tarts, croissant with raspberry jam… Finishing with peppermint Aero.

Cask No. G3.6  A fascinating reminder of a bygone era

33 years old; refill hogshead; 53.2%; Old & dignified

Deep aromatic sweet wood and leather aromas make this a very relaxing and comfortable dram on the nose. The taste neat is surprisingly smoky and ashy but soon followed by sweet, soft and floral aromas of chocolate honeycomb and muscovado sugar. Best enjoyed neat.

Cask No. 3.227  Tasty farmhouse cooking

16 years old; refill sherry butt; 56.4%; Lightly peated

Warm and rich aromas of a beef consommé poured into a rabbit casserole simmering on a wood burning stove. The taste is that of a rich tomato soup and honey roasted sweet potatoes. Water adds sweet earthy notes and the flavour is a tender pork stew with herb dumplings.

Cask No. 29.144  You gotta love this one

22 years old; refill hogshead; 51.2%; Peated

Peat smoke emerging from the pagoda and a beach barbecue with langoustines, scallops and crispy aromatic duck. Adding a drop of water and it becomes like a comfort blanket with flavours of tropical fruit salad and clean sweet peat smoke.

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Kilkerran Work in Progress 7 – Bourbon Cask

Kilkerran 54.1%% vol. / 70cl

Scotland – Single Malt Scotch

• Glenrothes Sherry Reserve Single Malt Whisky 750ml ($49.99)

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ISLAY ADVENTURES & ONLINE EXCLUSIVES

As part of our Islay celebrations, we’re releasing a charismatic new bottling, 3.245 Big personality (no pussy-cat), to go with Unfiltered Magazine’s newly published short film The Homecoming, in which the team brings our Feis Ile 2015 bottling (3.243) home – touring 8 distilleries, before hitting our Islay House garden party. Watch it here >

Plus – enjoy the benefits of being an email subscriber with the first look at our July previews and online exclusive bottlings. Bring your bottle home before they all sail over the horizon…

ISLAY ADVENTURES

Peated

3.245 Big personality (no  pussy-cat) £62.40

A deep, rich nose – tarry ropes, wetsuits, sneakers, leather, Germolene, syrup of figs, Branston pickle, seafood barbeque embers and struck match. The palate has a big personality – salty, smoky and sweet – burnt raisins, bonfire ash, treacle, sherry, anchovies and biltong.
– Refill ex-sherry butt
– 17 years old

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JULY PREVIEWS

Old & dignified

7.114 Ode to Grown up George £110.00

George tied the knot. Hearts broke. Red lipstick, damson jam and ripe pineapple. Controlled and classy, reclining on a Chesterfield with exotic figs and habanero jam. Mellifluous, heather honey tongued. This whisky previously inhabited an ex-bourbon hogshead.
– Second fill ex-port barrique
– 25 years old
12 bottles released for preview*

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Lightly peated

66.68 Bon Appétit £45.90

Smoky bacon crisps, pork cracklings and streaky bacon next to new pine and lavender on the nose neat, whilst in the taste a bacon butty with maple syrup. Water released minty /salty aromas and ‘La galette des rois’ on the palate.
– Refill ex-bourbon barrel
– 11 years old
20 bottles released for preview*

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Expect your next update email on Friday 3 July

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This is your chance to join and to take advantage of their great offers!

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CRAGGANMORE-GLENLIVET DISTILLERY 1999 16Y/O 46%

Nose: Raisin butter, pears and red apple skins. Some strawberry notes and very creamy.

Palate: Some meat notes, Parma ham and very herbal. Some coriander, black pepper and toasted fennel seeds.

Finish: Lingering cold meat notes with lots of juicy fruits. A real summertime whisky.

GLENGOYNE DISTILLERY (Sherry cask) 2001 14Y/O 46%

Nose: Rich, meaty sherry notes. Very intense with some treacle notes and lots of dark fruits.

Palate: Thick and chewy with lots of sherry, and hints of balsamic vinegar. Black cherries, chocolate orange and a background creaminess.

Finish: You can chew this all night. A big whisky. Toffee, blackberries, treacle and golden syrup. Proper Whisky!

GLENLIVET (MINMORE) DISTILLERY 1973 42Y/O 40.2%

Summer 2015 Small Batch a rare vintage from one of the greatest of all speyside distilleries.

Nose: Soft and juicy. Peaches, passion fruit, soft lime notes and also kiwi and watermelon.

Palate: More juicy fruits. For such a delicate whisky this feels very thick. Olive oil, hints of Sauvignon blanc and lots of syrupy fruits.

Finish: Dried citrus fruits with some soft woodiness. Creaminess grows but mingles with lots of thick tropical fruits.

GLEN KEITH-GLENLIVET DISTILLERY 1973 42Y/O 45.8%

Summer 2015 Small Batch. A very limited vintage

Nose: Herbal; honey glazed ham with mulled wine, blackberry jam and vanilla pods.

Palate: More jammy fruity notes on the taste with growing spices of cloves and cinnamon.

Finish: Dried bananas and lime pickle come through with natural yoghurt and strawberries.