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Nectarious tenebrosity

CraigellachieSMWS 44.185

Producer: SMWS

February 16, 2026
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About This Whisky

Code

44.185

Distillery

Craigellachie

Name

Nectarious tenebrosity

Producer

SMWS

Region

Speyside

Age

18 years

ABV

60%

Bottler Type

Independent

Category

Scotch

Flavor Profile

Juicy, Oak & Vanilla

Nose

The whisky presents a multidimensional bouquet ranging from toasted nuts and jamón serrano to chocolate raisins, lavender oil, and smoky spiced vanilla. When reduced, darker notes of dates, brandy snaps, and demerara sugar emerge alongside lighter fragrances of laurel hedge and orange blossom.

Palate

It delivers reassuring sweetness with caramel, chocolate hazelnut spread, honey, and dark chocolate-dipped cherries, complemented by white pepper, coffee, fig, and eucalyptus. After reduction, the palate reveals oaty cereal bar character with dark chocolate and cranberry pieces, cinnamon, pomegranate, peppercorns, and subtle oak influence.

Finish

The finish is warming and complex, with lingering spice, dark chocolate, and oak providing a sustained and satisfying conclusion to this well-matured expression.

Overall Notes

This multidimensional nose ranged from toasted nuts and jamon serrano to chocolate raisins, lavender oil and the smoky dryness of spiced vanilla. We found reassuring sweetness within the intensity of the palate – caramel logs, chocolate hazelnut spread, honey and cherries dipped in dark chocolate; plus white pepper, coffee, fig and eucalyptus. The reduced nose suggested dark sweetness (dates, brandy snaps, demerara) with lighter fragrances of laurel hedge and orange blossom. On the palate we now found oaty cereal bars with dark chocolate and cranberry pieces, cinnamon, pomegranate, peppercorns and oak. After 15 years in ex-bourbon wood, this was transferred into a second fill toasted hogshead.