57,1° (100° Proof)
Distillery : Strathmill - Speyside
1st Fill Oloroso Sherry Butts
Independent Bottling
By Signatory Vintage
Limited Edition
Single Malt
Bottled in 2025
Unchillfiltered, Uncoloured
Totally Unpeated
It's been a long time since I've been back in the 100 Proof range. And this is the opportunity to discover a new distillery, the 108th distillery I've tasted in Scotland. It's a little-known distillery because the vast majority of its production goes into blends, particularly the all-too-famous J&B. Here, we have the Single Malt version, aged in 1st Fill Oloroso Sherry Butts, which should be better.
Let's Taste It :
It's warm and woody, pine needles, resin, herbal notes and caramel, walnuts, crushed acorns, bark, some cereals. Apricots, soggy leather, dates, green tomato fritters, acacia honey, crushed banana. It's round, supple and velvety on the palate, quince jelly, a touch of exotic fruit, wood varnish, and some very powerful spices. Ample, devastating finish, charcoal, earth, dark chocolate, pipe tobacco, cola, noble wood, fairly long, slightly bitter, liquorice, artichoke hearts.
In Short,
It's nice and interesting, very woody, but with little bitterness, the spices are intense on the other hand, but I think that will disappear with aeration. All in all, it's an experience. It's clear that this distillery is made for blends, to go well with grain whisky. Here it's a little more than good, it's balanced, and it tends towards a certain complexity. At the price it's being offered, a purchase is conceivable.
Score : 87
To Be Listened While Sipping :
Bjorn Riis - Fear of Abandonment
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