Tasting Notes
In an antiquated sweet shop, jars filled with delicious treats lined the shelves, the smell of polished oak merging with scents of sour apple sherbet, peppermint toffees and mint chocolate truffles. Pineapple and peach slices then joined fragrant ginger chai tea, finished with camomile petals and a sprinkle of cinnamon. Water released a complex assortment of apricots, nectarines and gooseberries served with chantilly cream, along with the evocative aroma of cigars dipped in sticky syrup. A spiciness now appeared as mace and cloves mingled with the sweet smoke of apple, mango and guava shisha tobacco. At 26 years of age, we combined selected casks from the same distillery. We then returned the single malt into a variety of different casks to develop further. This is one of those casks.
About The Vaults Collection
The Vaults Collection is a selection of the finest and rarest single cask, single malt whisky, set aside from The Scotch Malt Whisky Society’s most remarkable stocks over the years. They have been released from the depths of our treasure trove of casks, after decades of slow maturation and careful nurturing. The Vaults Collection represents the whisky lover’s dream: A chance to journey back into whisky history, including the opportunity to experience styles or distilleries that no longer exist. The Collection takes its name from the Society’s historical home at The Vaults in Leith, Scotland’s oldest commercial building in continuous use whose connection with the drinks world dates back to the 12th century. Each bottle has a specially designed label and is offered in a beautiful wooden box.
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