46,5°
Distillery : Tobermory - Islands
Ex-Bourbon Cask
Independent Bottling
By House of McCallum
Limited Edition
Single Cask
Bottled in 2022
Unchillfiltered, Uncoloured
Peated around 37 ppm
Created in 2018, House of McCallum isn't afraid of bold bottlings, but this time it's a simple ageing in a single Bourbon Cask. The goal is certainly to enhance the distillate full of peat and other strange flavours. Only 415 bottles were filled and subtitled The Auld Alliance, in memory of the friendship between France and Scotland.
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Let's Taste It :
Beautiful astringency, burnt plastic, dirty iodine, grainy smoke that spreads out in thick wisps, earthy peat. Barely a hint of white fruits and vanilla behind. Old tyres, tar, you'd think you were at a gas station. Or could it be an industrial port? With fuel and motor oil. On the palate, Italia grapes, it's definitely fruitier, green apple, it's almost sparkling, but you can smell the peat behind. Strong spices, cumin, black pepper, nutmeg. Cataclysmic finish, coal, gas oil, drying concrete. Cloves.
In Short,
A Ledaig as we like them, the age of the juice doesn't water it down at all, on the contrary, it seems to me. It's very violent. Once again, I regret that it's not Cask Strength, but after tasting the finish, I could believe that it is. The price is insane though.
Score : 89
To Be Listened While Sipping :
Manowar - Warriors of the World United
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