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"Sweet honeyed herb, spice and dried fruit aromas are vibrant and inviting and faintly potpourri-like. A round entry leads to a dry-yet-fruity medium-full body of cinnamon and herbal bark, dried peach, tangerine peel, and delicate buckwheat honey flavors. Finishes with crisp spicy fade. A very nice vermouth for enjoyment on the rocks or brightening up a martini. For fans of Lillet."

Tasting Notes Colour: Full Amber Nose: Robust, chunky aromas. Chocolate, toffee, sherry, vanilla and lemon sherbet. Flavour: Smooth, mellow and rounded. Milk chocolate, treacle toffee, pears, green apples and lots of sweet vanilla. Finish: Some heavier fruity notes emerge, and lots of creamy notes coming through. Comment: A very creamy whisky with a lot fruity toffee notes.

Introduced initially as a Macallan-Laphroaig bottling from selected single casks of each (which we believe will continue as a “regular” bottling), we have continued the process with selected single casks from different distilleries. That has been an intriguing and distinctly fun process, whereby we have sampled and approved different casks then married/vatted them with different distillery Malts. That process has developed to a point where we are also offering Ardbeg/Glen Rothes and Bowmore/Highland Park fusions. Whether you call this a vatted Malt or a blend of Malts – we have brought together in each of these DOUBLE BARREL selections some truly individual and unique character of nose, palate and finish, all left unchill filtered at 46% alc vol. We currently have the Highland Park / Bowmore Double Barrel in stock.

"Bright light copper color. Sweet fig, burnt sugar, dried flowers, and peppery spice aromas are complex and inviting. A rich, vibrant entry leads to a robust full-bodied palate of sweet dried fruits, warm chocolate, dark caramel, lavish brown spice, butter roasted nuts and cedar flavors. Finishes with a long, complex fade of fruit, spice, and smoky minerals. Amazingly complex and deep."