Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky

An interesting, untampered with whisky from Murray McDavid, switching their usual ACEing for simple, but excellent, cask selection. This is a 2000 vintage Bowmore simply aged in sherry casks for 7 years before bottling.

A 2002 vintage whisky from Murray McDavid, matured initially in bourbon casks before being switched over to red wine casks from Chateau Latour, one of the top producers of Bordeaux, for a total of 8 years of maturation.

A 2001 vintage whisky from Bunnahabhain, distilled on October 17th, matured in a sherry butt for 10 years and bottled on September 10th 2012 by Signatory as part of their Cask Strength Collection.

A 1997 vintage whisky from Caol Ila distillery on Islay. This whisky is a vatting of 3 casks and has been aged for a minimum of 14 years. This whisky has been bottled without chillfiltration.

The 2000 vintage of Caol Ila's entry in Diageo's Distillers Edition range, taking their regular smoky malt and finishing it in sweet moscatel wine casks for an extra depth of sweetness.

A fine drop of Ardbeg bottled at cask strength. A marriage of Ardbeg from bourbon barrel and sherry butt which gives a sweet and smokey finish to this malt. Uigeadail is the loch from which all Ardbeg water flows. An absolutely stunning whisky, and following the demise of the Airigh nam Beist this probably represents the best value in the core range.
IWSC 2012 - Gold Medal - Whisky - Scotch

After a string of highly-regarded indie peated Bunnahabhains, the distillery has finally released an official version of their heavily-peated malt. Toiteach is Gaelic for Smoky, and apparently there's some sherry influence on this as well. Kudos to Burn Stewart for bottling this unchilfiltered at 46%.

The middle entry in Bruichladdich's revitalised line-up, sitting between the 10 and 22 to provide a bourbon cask focused slice of unpeated Islay whisky.

A new 1L presentation of Bowmore's Cask Strength Islay malt.

One of a series of 16yo Bruichladdichs finished in First Growth Bordeaux wine casks. This one has used casks from Chateau Haut Brion.

A first Elements of Islay release from this distillery, which we have cunningly named 'Bw'. An elegant and balanced dram, with both floral notes and a seaside tang.

A fourth release of single malt whisky from this Islay favourite. Sweet and full of buttery grain while avoiding the traditional island smokiness, this one has been a hit at whisky shows across Europe.

A slightly mad Murray McDavid creation, taking 1991 Caol Ila whisky matured in Bourbon casks, and finishing it in casks that used to hold Quart-de-Chaume, a sweet white wine made with Chenin Blanc grapes from the Loire valley, for a total of 17 years of maturation.

A 2000 vintage Bowmore from Douglas Laing, bottled for their Old Malt Cask range. Aged for 11 years in a sherry butt and bottled in November 2011.

A 1996 vintage Signatory Un-Chillfiltered Collection release of whisky from Caol Ila. A vatting of two hogsheads, distilled on September 3rd 1996, matured for 16 years and bottled on December 11th 2012.

The first edition of Kilchoman's ongoing sherry cask matured whisky. Richly coloured, and full of Islay smoke and sherry fruit thanks to its initial maturation of over 5 years in Oloroso sherry butts and a two month finish in Oloroso hogsheads.
This is restricted to TWO bottles per customer

Distilled in 1999, the 2011 release of the unpeated Caol Ila 12yo is an absolute belter - and amazingly easy to drink, even at its slightly scary full strength of 64%. Bottled from first fill ex-bourbon American oak casks, this was one of our favourites in the 2011 Special Releases.

A 1998 vintage Laphroaig bottled by Signatory for their Un-chillfiltered Collection. Distilled on 12th May 1998 and matured in a pair of hogsheads before bottling on 14th November 2012.

A cask strength release of 2000 vintage Caol Ila. This is a marriage of two casks which have been matured in first fill Sherry butts. Bottled by Gordon and Macphail.

Easily the most popular of the no-age-statement Bowmores, with a rich sherry influence calming some of the more fiery attributes of the young spirit. As close in style to the legendary Black Bowmore as most of us mere mortals will be able to taste.