Bottle Details
SMWS Code
44.185
Distillery
Craigellachie
ABV
60%
Age
18 Years
Cask
Ex-Bourbon Hogshead, Second-fill toasted hogshead
Distilled
May 31, 2005
Region
Speyside
Flavor Profile
Juicy, Oak & Vanilla
Category
Scotch
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.
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.
The finish is warming and complex, with lingering spice, dark chocolate, and oak providing a sustained and satisfying conclusion to this well-matured expression.
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.