Sold outDec 2022In short · Nantou (Taiwan), 6 years.
“We encountered a nose full of dusty pollens, sandalwood, oily rags, camphor, aged mead, white pepper, damp tobacco leaf and hints of melon liqueur, rose syrup,…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
SMWS 138.15 is a single cask of Nantou, in Taiwan, 6 years old, bottled at 56.5%, released in the Dec 2022 Outturn. Every Society bottle numbered 138.x is from Nantou.
Specs, price and tasting-note extract from the SMWS. Full notes on smws.com.
In Nantou County, at the heart of Taiwan, the state-owned Taiwan Tobacco and Liquor Corporation opened a winery and distillery in 1977, turning to malt whisky in 2008. Its single malt, Omar, Gaelic for amber, is double-distilled from English barley, and because the site is also a fruit winery, freshly emptied lychee and plum wine casks can go straight to whisky. Subtropical heat does the rest. TTL's.