Sold outSep 2023In short · Craigellachie (Speyside), 20 years.
“At first nosing we found heather honey, menthol tobaccos, aged sweet wines and old leather, plus mineral oil, sultanas, rancio and dark honey.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
SMWS 44.168 is a single cask of Craigellachie, in the Speyside region, 20 years old, bottled at 58.1%, released in the Sep 2023 Outturn. Every Society bottle numbered 44.x is from Craigellachie.
Specs, price and tasting-note extract from the SMWS. Full notes on smws.com.
High above the Spey since 1891, Craigellachie keeps the old ways on purpose. Its worm-tub condensers, coiled in cold water outside, breed a heavier, sulphury, struck-match muscle that traditionalists prize like a secret. Part of the Dewar's family (Bacardi).