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According to the formal classification of the Scotch Whisky Association, the whisky-producing islands, except Islay, belong to the Highlands region. But for convenience, these islands fall under the informal whisky region The Islands. These are the Orkney Islands, Skye, Arran, Mull and Isle of Jura. The whiskies of these islands have nothing in common, by the way. Except that they come from an island.
This is a young Highland Park, bottled by Gordon & MacPhail in 2015 from three first-fill bourbon casks at 57.9% cask strength. The cask influence is obvious with notes of vanilla and honey. The single malt whisky is remarkably modest in its peat smoke.
That Orkney 18 (HP) stands for an 18-year-old Highland Park will come as no surprise, and that this bottling from Signatory Vintage has a nice score is certainly no surprise either. The HP single malt whisky matured in a 1st-fill Oloroso cask. (55.0%)
We're not going to hide it: this is a Highland Park single malt whisky. Released by Archives for the 2017 Whiskybase Gathering after 15 years of maturation in a refill bourbon cask. A creamy dram with a hint of peat. A real HP. (58.7%)
This is a bottle from one of the few 14-year-old bottlings that the Arran Distillery has released so far. This one is from 2010. Fresh and complex is this single malt whisky, which was matured in bourbon casks. Oranges, liquorice, and white chocolate. (46
The first edition of the peated version of the Isle of Arran Distillery's single malt whisky: Machrie Moor. This whisky, bottled at 46% ABV, is not overly heavily peated. It matured for around 10 years in Amontillado sherry casks. Pleasantly drinkable.
The Arran distillery started in 1995. In early 1998, the spirit for this Arran single malt whisky went into the sherry cask. In 2007, 9 years later, it was bottled at cask strength (57.1%). So we are really talking about an early Arran. Interesting!
This is a bottling in The Signature Series of Arran. The distillery releases special bottlings in this series, such as this 3rd edition: the 12-year-old single malt whisky matured in bourbon and 1st-fill Spanish red wine (Duero) casks. (Bottled at 50%)
The Arran Distillery has been experimenting with finishing its single malt whisky since the early 2000s. This dram, matured in a Premier Cru Sauternes cask, is a good example of this. Powerful, yet light and fruity. (56.2%)
This is a bottle from an early single cask bottling from the Isle of Arran Distillery. The 7-year-old Arran single malt whisky was bottled in 2004 in 299 bottles, at a cask strength of 57.3%. A powerful, well-balanced and surprisingly complex dram.
In 2015, The Vintage Malt Whisky Co. released a sherried Ledaig that was very well received by many. The peated single malt from the Tobermory Distillery matured for 17 years in a sherry cask and is bottled at 56.5%. Creamy, sweet fruit and earthy.
Love & Peace is a series of bottlings by Liquid Treasures, which in turn is a brand of the German eSpirits Whisky. In the series, this Arran single malt whisky appeared after 10 years of maturation in a bourbon cask. The malt is bottled at a hefty 59.1%.
In 2003 you already had Distillers Editions, extra special bottlings from several distilleries, such as this one from Talisker. This peated single malt whisky is about 13 years old, and it matured in an Amoroso sherry cask; you don't see that often! 45.8%
The Arran Distillery began operations in 1995; the spirit for this first Icons of Arran bottling, The Peacock, came from the still in 1996. It matured for 12 years in 13 bourbon and 7 sherry casks before being released as a single malt whisky in 2009. 46%
We're not going to hide it: this Orkney (HP) from Signatory is, of course, a Highland Park single malt whisky. And we're also not going to hide the fact that we're offering this 14-year-old, Oloroso and bourbon-matured malt for a great price! (57.1%)
We are always happy to offer bottles like this. This one is a 30-year-old Talisker from 2010, a Diageo Special Release. The peated single malt whisky from Skye matured in American and European oak casks. It scores over 91 points on Whiskybase. (57.3%)
With this 21 Year Old November 2019 Release, Orkney distillery Highland Park introduced in 2019 another exceptional bottling of its single malt whisky. The malt matured for two decades in a select combination of sherry and bourbon casks. (46%)
Signatory Vintage also released special bottlings twenty years ago. In 2003, for example, there was this 10-year-old Highland Park single malt whisky. The Orkney malt matured in a refill sherry cask and was bottled in 'dumpy' bottles at 59.2%.
Ledaig is the characteristically peated single malt whisky from the Tobermory Distillery on the Scottish Isle of Mull. Bottler Cadenhead released this 14-year-old, bourbon-matured Ledaig in their favourably priced Original Collection. (bottled at 46%)
Since their first Ledaig bottling in 2012, Archives have now released a total of ten bottlings of this peated single malt whisky brand. This is one of them. It was released in 2022 after 13 years of bourbon cask maturation. A true Ledaig again. (58.2%)
'Remarkably sweet' is what you see in various reviews of this Ledaig bottled by Archives in 2019. But of course there are also the characteristic earthy, salty and peaty tones of this single malt whisky. It matured for 11 years in a bourbon cask. (53.8%)
Scapa is the lesser-known of the two Orkney single malt whiskies, and this is a good bottling to get acquainted with it. The whisky matured for 10 years in a small number of bourbon casks and is bottled at 48% ABV. For a reasonable price, it can be yours!
In 2019, Lochranza Castle was released, the second edition in the Explorers Series from the Arran Distillery on the Isle of Arran. This Lochranza Castle is a 21-year-old single malt whisky matured in sherry casks and finished in Amontillado casks. (47.2%)
Unique: this bottle comes packaged in a guitar case! It comes from a bottling in celebration of the Arran Malt & Music Festival 2018, a blend of Arran single malt whiskies matured in three types of cask: French, Spanish and American oak. (57.6%)
Fun fact: Behind a famous distillery on the Orkney Islands lie the Whitlaw Hills. But back to business. Bottled by Signatory Vintage in their Vintage Collection, this single malt whisky matured for 10 years in re-charred bourbon casks. (46%)
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