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Not really a brand, but an indication of the whisky region where the whisky in the bottle comes from. This is always about independent bottlings. The name of the distillery will not be found on the label. Often the bottler himself does not know which distillery is involved, or may not mention the name.
Four years ago, Archives released this 30-year-old Secret Speyside single malt whisky in their Echinoderms from Australia series. We learned from a reliable source that it is a Glenrothes. The bourbon-matured malt was bottled at 50.2% cask strength.
Okay, from which of the 50 or so Speyside distilleries does this single malt whisky come? No idea. We do know that this malt aged for no less than 28 years in a bourbon cask, which means that the ABV percentage is almost at the critical limit: 40.1%!
It doesn't matter that the Speyside distillery has to remain a secret: the fact that the Thompson Brothers selected this single malt whisky gives us enough confidence. An excellent daily dram, matured for 11 years in 2 refill sherry casks. (48.5%)
This Daily Dram bottling from 2016 scores over 91 points on the Whiskybase! It is a blend of Speyside single malt whiskies that matured for 40 years in a fino sherry cask. The whisky is praised for its fullness and harmonious complexity. (47.2%)
Rumour has it that this single malt whisky, released by Sansibar in 2015, is a Macallan. In any case, it is a Speyside malt that went into the (sherry) cask in 1977 and was bottled 38 years later at 46.1%. It scores over 90 points on whiskybase.com.
It is unknown which distillery this Speyside Region single malt whisky from Archives comes from, but it is a 43 year old! The bottling was released in 2017 and now has a rating of over 91 points on Whiskybase. It's a super dram! (Bourbon matured, 46.8%)
The best Archives whisky we ever released, stunning flavor profile from an 'undisclosed' speyside distillery. These 1973 releases by several bottlers have all been exceptional and would make a great addition to your collection. Purchased from a collection
Of all the Speyside malts, Glenfarclas is the one most often mentioned as possibly being in this Speyside region 1977 bottling from The Whisky Agency. In any case, it is a single malt whisky that matured for a whopping 38 years in a sherry cask. (46.8%)
This 21-year-old single malt whisky was released in 2018 in Archives' Birds from the Orient series. The label doesn't say which distillery it's from, but it does say it matured in a bourbon cask and was bottled for the Taiwanese market. (54.1%)
Here is another phenomenal bottling of a Speyside single malt whisky from the 1970s. After 43 years of sherry cask maturation, the unknown Speysider is a sherried fruit bomb with scores of 95 to no lower than 88 points! Bottled by Sansibar in 2017. 51.3%
They are almost impossible to come by anymore, those bottlings of Speyside single malts with a vintage in the 70s, a maturation period of 40 years or more and scores of over 90 points. But here is one! A 42-year-old, fino sherry-matured dram. (49.8%)
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