48°
Distillery : Scapa - Orkney
American Oak Ex-Bourbon Barrels
Original Bottling
Core Range
Single Malt
Launched on 2024
Unchillfiltered, Uncoloured
Totally Unpeated
This is the kind of news that can only delight any self-respecting whisky lover. At the end of last year, the Scapa distillery, which had been releasing only bottom-of-the-range Single Malts with no age since a while ago, launched a new range, aged, with a solid alcohol content and not chill-filtered. What is this miracle? Which executive at Pernod Ricard has been struck by a sudden illumination? In any case, just one word: thank you! Scapa was undoubtedly the distillery with the greatest untapped potential in Scotland, although there is competition in this field. So here we have the youngest of the range, aged in Bourbon casks, nothing superfluous, and it's perfect.
Let's Taste It :
It's very coastal and iodised, sea spray, waves, kelp, but also very sweet, icing sugar, vanilla, salted butter caramel, baked apples, a few mineral notes, limestone, quartz, an airy, ethereal freshness, whisked eggs, candied banana. It's delicate on the palate, still very marine and mineral, but with beeswax and white plum. Rosewater, Turkish delight, then discreet spices. The finish is long, just powerful enough, pastry cream, dried exotic fruits, pineapple, papaya, white chocolate.
In Short,
I liked the fine balance between the powerful costal character and the delicate sweetness. The casks have a nice influence, without devouring the distillate. It has to be said that Scapa is once again one of the distilleries that count. If they could also sell a few casks to independent bottlers, that would be really wonderful. In any case, for this one, the price is in line with the current market, a little high, but still acceptable, and I strongly recommend buying it.
Score : 87
To Be Listened While Sipping :
Sona Jobarteh - Kambengwo
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