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SMWS 52.43: Old Pulteney

“Note to self: buy this bottle!” · Past release, no longer on sale

Sold outNov 2021

52.43

Note to self: buy this bottle!

SMWS regionHighland

Age29 years

ABV49.5%

Outturn174 bottles

Cask2nd fill ex-bourbon barrel

SpiritMalt Whisky

Distillery from SMWS code 52
DistilleryOld Pulteney
RegionHighland

In short · Old Pulteney (Highland), 29 years.

“This bottle is limited to 1 per member A stunning nose, beautifully old style, scented, complex and superbly elegant.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

£270View on SMWS

SMWS 52.43 is a single cask of Old Pulteney, in the Highland region, 29 years old, bottled at 49.5%, released in the Nov 2021 Outturn. Every Society bottle numbered 52.x is from Old Pulteney.

How the price compares

At £270, this 29-year-old cost more than all 3 Old Pulteney bottlings of any age released 2021–2023 that we hold. They ranged from £49 to £64.20, with a median of £49. We don’t hold enough Old Pulteney bottles of a similar age, so this compares across all ages; older casks usually cost more.

Shaded: their range · line: this bottleRelease prices, not adjusted for inflation

Specs, price and tasting-note extract from the SMWS. Full notes on smws.com.

About Old Pulteney

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.

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