Sold outMar 2023In short · Royal Brackla (Highland), 16 years.
““What a fabulous nose”, with aromas of roasted chestnuts, beeswax, saffron and marzipan combined with a fruit layer of raspberries soaked in orange liqueur and then…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
SMWS 55.80 is a single cask of Royal Brackla, in the Highland region, 16 years old, bottled at 56.6%, released in the Mar 2023 Outturn. Every Society bottle numbered 55.x is from Royal Brackla.
Specs, price and tasting-note extract from the SMWS. Full notes on smws.com.
On the Cawdor estate near Nairn, Brackla was built in 1812 by Captain William Fraser and in 1833 became the first distillery granted a royal warrant, by William IV, whose 'King's Own Whisky' it became. Long fermentations and tall stills run slowly for plenty of copper contact give a light, fruity spirit that takes beautifully to sherry wood. Part of the Dewar's family (Bacardi).