This flavour expedition takes us to the eastern reaches of the Highlands – Distillery Dive #19: A Highland Adventure offers beautifully bold aromas and flavours perfect for the new autumn season!

In the small village of Oldmeldrum, north of Aberdeen, one of Scotland’s oldest distilleries established in 1797, is the site of our latest sensory adventure. Distillery #19 is known for a typically medium-bodied expression of malt redolent with floral and fruity notes. Of course, in single cask, cask strength form, this body takes on an expansive richness that has impressed our most critical members. Today’s selection of malts combines intense fruitiness and maltiness to create an overture of sweet and savoury complexity. Let’s discover just what complexities are in store for us as we examine three casks all distilled on the same day and all aged 18 years in first-fill ex-bourbon barrels. The resultant single malts transport us to the Highlands in the first days of Fall, offering sublime depth and nuance! Cask No. 19.63 Leftovers in the pantry struts its “Spicy & Sweet” flavour profile with toffee and butterscotch sweetness, just the right touch of spice and loads of ripe fruits. The “Sweet, Fruity & Mellow” Cask No. 19.64 Sweet moment impresses with fragrantly floral notes and citrus tones to accompany rich chocolate and marzipan. Yet a third flavour profile is represented by Cask No. 19.65 Fifties nostalgia! Our “Juicy, Oak & Vanilla” dram boasts a waxy mouthfeel as vanilla and custard melt with bergamot and brioche on the palate. Tropical fruit notes link these single malts as each one displays a different side of this storied distillery. A truly unique opportunity to learn about the impact of wood maturation on whisky and enjoy three totally different flavour profiles!

Taste this awesome whisky trio side-by-side in our Distillery Dive: #19 A Highland Adventure bundle together with your curious whisky-loving friends! We trust your discovery will be an utterly delicious and richly rewarding one!

Slàinte Mhath!