Sold outMay 2024In short · Auchroisk (Speyside), 15 years.
“We found ourselves walking through a market in Madagascar where the scent of spices such as saffron, cumin, nutmeg and wild red pepper permeated the air at the same time…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
SMWS 95.97 is a single cask of Auchroisk, in the Speyside region, 15 years old, bottled at 55.9%, released in the May 2024 Outturn. Every Society bottle numbered 95.x is from Auchroisk.
Specs, price and tasting-note extract from the SMWS. Full notes on smws.com.
Auchroisk exists because of a spring. In the early 1970s Justerini & Brooks found that Dorie's Well, near Mulben, ran with water much like their Glen Spey's; they test-distilled it, liked what they tasted and built on the spot, and spirit first flowed in 1974 for the J&B blend. The result is soft, malty and orchard-fruited. Its Gaelic name, the shallow ford across the red stream, once struck marketers as unpronounceable. Diageo's.