Benromach Sassicaia 2006/2015
/Finished in Sassicaia wine casks from Tuscany.
Finished in Sassicaia wine casks from Tuscany.
A first for their distillery, some Vintage 1992 whisky was given a "temporary home" in a cask from Islay that previously held peaty whisky.
"Distilled from heavily peated malted barley" "matured in ex-bourbon barrels" "finished in Aged Tawny Port pipes"
Rare bottling from Diageo. Cask strength. Distilled in 1980, bottled in 2015. Bottle #2386 of 2942.
Rare bottling from Diageo. Cask strength. Distilled in 1989. Bottle #5467 of 5922. Distillery opened in 1975, closed 1993!
"Matured in the traditional style in American bourbon barrels, this whisky is then ‘finished’ in Pedro Ximinez Sherry Butts, sourced from the bodegas of Jerez de la Frontera in Andalucia, Southern Spain."
In collaboration with El Celler de Can Roca.
"Matured exclusively in the perfect balance of sherry seasoned American and European oak casks."
"Matured in Bourbon casks followed by a second period of maturation in the finest Oloroso and Pedro Ximenez Sherry Casks"
Not impressed…
"From Scotland's most north-easterly distillery"
"Sherry casks made to specification in Jerez, southern Spain"
Initially aged in European oak casks and finished in Tawny Port casks.
10 vintages from 1989, 1992, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 married together.
Normally produced as an ingredient for Dewar's. "A nip of the Buckie Road"
"sherry influences" on label yet catalog says cask type is bourbon barrel.
First offering in new Edition series featuring a vatting from eight different American and European oak styles and sizes featuring sherry seasoning.
Aged 14 years in ex-bourbon barrels and finished in charred, new oak barrels from Kentucky.
Distilled 12-1992, bottled 9-2004. "Matured in Sherry Cask"
Distilled 11-1976, bottled 3-2005, 422 bottles total. Distillery closed.
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