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HAWKERS SLOE GIN
Hawker’s Sloe Gin is the authority in the sloe gin category. William
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Scotch Vatted Malt Whisky - Compass Box Lady Luck
This is a malt whisky inspired by what we used to refer to as the “lucky blend” - a beautiful whisky made of both very old and rather young Islay malt whisky, released by a well-known independent bottler many years ago. Lady Luck is a one-off, never-to-be-repeated variation on this theme.
Earlier this year we came across some beautiful casks of 25 and 29 year-old malt whisky distilled at the Caol Ila distillery on Islay. Inspired by our memory of the “lucky blend” we set to work experimenting, and eventfully found that combining the old Islay malts with some gorgeous 14 year-old Imperial single malt created something very special: the Imperial brought an ethereal fruit character and structure to the older whiskies and made the sum much greater than the parts.
This, of course, makes it a “vatted malt” as it is a combination of whiskies from two single malt distilleries. We think it is yet another humble lessen that all that is good in the world of whisky need not be single.
John Glaser, Whiskymaker.
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Bin No |
W200 |
Region |
Islay & Speyside |
Size |
75cl |
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ABV |
46% |
Bottled by |
Compass Box |
Price |
£125.00 |
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Flavour Descriptors: Deeply smoky, with an ethereal fruity character in the background. Extremely complex on the palate. Structured, balanced and very, very long on the palate. Recommendations: A fascinating late evening dram. Distillery Sourcing: Cask 8165 distilled in 1980 and cask 5384 distilled in 1984, both at the Caol Ila distillery. Cask 100-49 distilled at the Imperial distillery in 1995. Wood: American white oak hogshead. Bottling Details: Bottled at 46% alcohol by volume. Natural colour. Not chill filtered. |
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