Sold outNov 2024In short · Craigellachie (Speyside), 18 years.
“The neat nose was superbly focused on scented hardwoods, dried sultanas, chopped dates and figs soaking in Armagnac.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
SMWS 44.189 is a single cask of Craigellachie, in the Speyside region, 18 years old, bottled at 59.1%, released in the Nov 2024 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).