Enjoy this spectacular selection of one-of-a-kind bottlings, perfect to put on your Christmas list or to give to that someone special.
TOTALLY FANCIFUL
INITIAL CASK: 1st fill ex-bourbon barrel
AGE: 18 years
FLAVOUR PROFILE: Sweet, fruity & mellow
BOTTLE NOTE: “Black Forest ham, cantaloupe melon, spring rolls with apricot-ginger sauce, followed by vanilla panna cotta and jellied strawberry consommé.”
ADMIRE THE ARCHITECTURE
CASK TYPE: Refill ex-bourbon hogshead
AGE: 12 years
FLAVOUR PROFILE: Spicy & dry
BOTTLE NOTE: “A classical drier style of highland malt. Spicy, waxy, herbal, dominated by rich malty tones and beautifully structural and well-composed.”
GTR – GINGER, TOBACCO AND RUM
INITIAL CASK: Ex-bourbon hogshead
FINAL CASK: 1st fill #3 char hogshead
AGE: 13 years
FLAVOUR PROFILE: Deep, rich & dried fruits
BOTTLE NOTE: “Dark Jamaican ginger cake before stepping into a drying room of tobacco leaves in Cuba and on the palate jerk ham with a sticky rum glaze.”
ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES IN THE CASK
INITIAL CASK: Oloroso butt
FINAL CASK: 1st fill #4 char puncheon
AGE: 10 years
FLAVOUR PROFILE: Spicy & sweet
BOTTLE NOTE: “Orchestral manoeuvres in the cask – earthy pepper, exotic woods and toasted oak – harmonising into toffee apples, heather and strawberries.”
NO VIKINGS NEED APPLY
INITIAL CASKS: Ex-bourbon hogsheads
FINAL CASK: 1st fill ex-bourbon barrel
AGE: 13 years
FLAVOUR PROFILE: Oily & coastal
BOTTLE NOTE: “An old school, refined and charismatic example of this great Orkney make. Single malt originally from bourbon hogsheads, married in this cask.”
A DRUID’S MAGIC POTION
CASK TYPE: 2nd fill ex-bourbon barrel
AGE: 8 years
FLAVOUR PROFILE: Peated
BOTTLE NOTE: “Quiche Lorraine with peat-smoked bacon lardons, followed by medicinal mouthwash and deep heat rub before we had a sip of that magic potion.”