Sold outIn short · Auchentoshan (Lowland), 20 years.
“The descriptors just kept coming a fresh summer flowers in a sun-filled room, wine gums, jelly babies, popcorn, peach slices in syrup and Swedish milk chocolate with a…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
Sold outIn short · Glen Grant (Speyside), 20 years.
“The nose was immediately chock full of aged sauternes, flower nectars, pure honeycomb and delicate medicinal touches such as lemon cough drops and lanolin.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
Sold outIn short · Bunnahabhain (Islay), 16 years.
“Coarse grains of sea salt in melting butter rested on toasted rye bread while the sweet aroma of vanilla merged with new oak.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
Sold outIn short · BenRiach (Speyside), 12 years.
“The initial nose was nutty, earthy and woody, like walking mindfully through a forest – tree bark, hazelnuts and apples; we also agreed on marzipan, chocolate and…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
Sold outIn short · Dailuaine (Speyside), 16 years.
“Our noses glided through an antique shop in summer; furniture polish and fruit loaf danced through the air.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
Sold outIn short · Balmenach (Speyside), 11 years.
“A lovely and hugely inviting aroma was full of honeycomb, beeswax, sweet dessert wines, custard, heather honey and new world IPAs.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
Sold outIn short · Caol Ila (Islay), 15 years.
“A powerful nose, the sweetness of honey-glazed baby back ribs combining with the scent of the sea, smoked oysters, clams and cockles made this a fascinating combination.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
Sold outIn short · Royal Brackla (Highland), 13 years.
“For no apparent reason the colour red came to mind for a couple of Panel members.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
Sold outIn short · Blair Athol (Highland), 15 years.
“The nose evoked a café in Jerez; chilled dulce sherry and coffee, polished wood tables, mantecados and polverónes, salted almonds, raisins, dried figs and jamon serrano.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
Sold outIn short · Mortlach (Speyside), 32 years.
“Golden rays from heaven radiated through the pâtisserie window and illuminated waxed lemons, ripe apples and a punnet of juicy strawberries that rested on soft chamois…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
Sold outIn short · Glen Elgin (Speyside), 13 years.
“This one got our thinking juices flowing, with just a few examples including a motorbike gang member's leather jacket, sour dough pizza marinara and Turkish delight…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
Sold outIn short · Glen Scotia (Campbeltown), 9 years.
“An entertaining, lively nose greeted the Panel – fresh laundry alongside a coastal note reminded us of squeezing lemon over an oyster and the sweetness of a banana…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
Sold outIn short · Auchroisk (Speyside), 10 years.
“Lightly burnt toast, cooled and loaded with salted English butter: the nose took us to the breakfast table initially, then to dessert, as panna cotta, flambéed bananas…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
Sold outIn short · Tormore (Speyside), 17 years.
“The aroma was that of opening a bottle of cold, refreshing cloudy pressed apple juice as well as removing the lid from a jar of dusted toffee-centred lemon bonbons.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
Sold outIn short · Loch Lomond (Highland), 16 years.
“The aroma was battered haddock – the fish, not the captain!…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
Sold outIn short · Nantou (Taiwan), 4 years.
“Curious aromas of lemon curd and cinnamon merged with liquorice and star anise, while tree bark was ground down to make brown paper envelopes.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
Sold outIn short · Loch Lomond (Rhosdhu) (Highland), 8 years.
“A delicate but detailed aroma at first nosing, revealing rather a lot of citrus curds, meringue, sweet hay, elderflower cordial, underripe green banana and plain…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
Sold outIn short · Kyrö Distillery (Finland), 5 years.
“In a traditional sauna workshop the aromas of sticky sap from fresh pine and birch mingled with wood glue and leather polish.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
| Cask No. | Name | Distillery (code) | Region (code) | SMWS region | Age | ABV | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.124 | Italian sweet wine and Swedish milk chocolate | Auchentoshan | Lowland | Lowland | 20 yrs | 56.7% | £125 |
| 9.292 | Thou art a saucy one! | Glen Grant | Speyside | Speyside | 20 yrs | 53.7% | £145 |
| 10.247 | Salted cinnamon butter | Bunnahabhain | Islay | Islay | 16 yrs | 59.1% | £108 |
| 12.77 | Mindful woodland walking | BenRiach | Speyside | Speyside | 12 yrs | 58.3% | £68.40 |
| 41.177 | Dancing with summer | Dailuaine | Speyside | Speyside | 16 yrs | 56.6% | £95 |
| 48.166 | Two-part harmony | Balmenach | Speyside | Speyside | 11 yrs | 60.1% | £63.60 |
| 53.462 | Catching combo | Caol Ila | Islay | Islay | 15 yrs | 55.8% | £109.90 |
| 55.85 | Passionate desire | Royal Brackla | Highland | Highland | 13 yrs | 57.5% | £87 |
| 68.122 | A café in Jerez | Blair Athol | Highland | Highland | 15 yrs | 59.8% | £95 |
| 76.150 | Glory be to the pâtisserie | Mortlach | Speyside | Speyside | 32 yrs | 54.9% | £825 |
| 85.92 | Fires the imagination | Glen Elgin | Speyside | Speyside | 13 yrs | 58.9% | £80 |
| 93.206 | The alpha and omega – oysters | Glen Scotia | Campbeltown | Campbeltown | 9 yrs | 58.9% | £65.50 |
| 95.98 | Focaccia fudge | Auchroisk | Speyside | Speyside | 10 yrs | 59.7% | £62 |
| 105.43 | Lushness balanced with freshness | Tormore | Speyside | Speyside | 17 yrs | 54.9% | £105.60 |
| 135.55 | Billions of battered barnacles | Loch Lomond | Highland | Highland | 16 yrs | 56.3% | £91.40 |
| 138.17 | Smoky meringue tang | Nantou | Taiwan | Taiwan | 4 yrs | 57.3% | £80.50 |
| G15.31 | Light but bright | Loch Lomond (Rhosdhu) | Highland | Highland | 8 yrs | 62% | £50.50 |
| RW6.3 | Cinnamon sauna smoke | Kyrö Distillery | Finland | Finland | 5 yrs | 59.2% | £75 |