Sold outIn short · Strathisla (Speyside), 8 years.
“The nose had banana toffee, millionaire shortbread and ice-cream parlour sweetness; white pepper and humbug heat, tarragon, thyme and straw flip-flops by a holiday hotel…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
SMWS 58.39 is a single cask of Strathisla, in the Speyside region, 8 years old, bottled at 62.1%. Every Society bottle numbered 58.x is from Strathisla.
Specs, price and tasting-note extract from the SMWS. Full notes on smws.com.
At Keith since 1786, by its own account the oldest working distillery in the Highlands, Strathisla is almost impossibly pretty, twin pagoda roofs and a waterwheel mirrored in the River Isla. It is the beating heart of Chivas Regal, and the place looks like a whisky postcard come to life. Pernod Ricard's.