Sold outMay 2021In short · Old Pulteney (Highland), 7 years.
“This bottle is limited to 2 per member The nose was a pool-side feast of scallops fried in butter, aged prosciutto, olives and salted cashews, followed by crème caramel…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
SMWS 52.39 is a single cask of Old Pulteney, in the Highland region, 7 years old, bottled at 57.9%, released in the May 2021 Outturn. Every Society bottle numbered 52.x is from Old Pulteney.
Specs, price and tasting-note extract from the SMWS. Full notes on smws.com.
In Pulteneytown, the herring quarter of Wick, Pulteney was founded in 1826 and for decades could be reached easily only by sea: barley came in by boat and whisky left the same way, and many of its men also fished. Its water still runs down a lade built by Thomas Telford from Loch Hempriggs. Sea air is credited for the spirit's briny, honeyed, gently oily character. Inver House's.