55°
Distillery Officially Unknown - Highlands
Refill Sherry Cask
Independent Bottling
By Uncharted Whisky C°
Limited Edition
Single Cask
Bottled in 2025
Unchillfiltered, Uncoloured
Peated around 20 ppm
Uncharted Whisky C° is a young independent bottler founded in Scotland in 2020, which has produced between 50 and 60 expressions to date. This one comes from a distillery that is officially kept secret, but few people are unaware that it is a Highland Park. It has been aged for 22 years in a Single Refill Sherry Cask and reduced to 55% ABV.
Let's Taste It :
It is floral and slightly mineral, limestone and quartz, lilac, airy and iodised, sea spray, foam, then a chalky peat settles in. Gravel, pebbles, seaweed and kelp, pine honey, heather and a hint of vanilla, candied lemon and mirabelle plums. Chewing tobacco, very subtle smoke, warm wax, a eucalyptus leaf. On the palate, more honey, greengage tart, royal jelly, intense spices, almond oil. A pungent, powerful and long finish, clove, cigar ash, pecan, cola, slight woody bitterness, green apples, artichoke heart. Tinder.
In Short,
There are a few minor flaws, a palate that is not quite expressive and a slightly bitter finish. Apart from that, it is a very good whisky, truly typical of the distillery, salty, airy, mineral, full of heather honey. The sherry is barely noticeable, it must be a third or fourth fill, it just adds a little fruitiness. What's incredible is the price, which is very low for a 22-year-old single cask, no doubt because the name of the distillery is kept secret, and it's reduced, so it's a bargain.
Score : 89
To Be Listened While Sipping :
Ailise Blake - Consecration
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