Pintail Glenlossie Single Malt Scotch Whisky, 14y 2009
Speyside, The Whisky Cellar, 700 ml
| Producer: | The Whisky Cellar |
| Origin: | United Kingdom / Highland-Speyside |
Description
Picolit is Italy’s most precious dessert wine made from low-yielding but delicately sweet, flavour-packed white grapes. Produced exclusively in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region in the North-East of the country within a mere 400 acres of vineyards, it was once considered one of the ‘Noble Grapes’ of the Courts of Europe. Protected under the Denominazionedi Origine Controllata (DOC), used casks are very difficult to come by, but as this Glenlossie 2009 single malt proves, they are well worth uncovering. Old Picolit casks have never been used to Mature Scotch Whisky, and this is another industry first from The Whisky Cellar. Typical notes of the wine have imparted themselves on this deliciously complex whisky following a period of secondary maturation. A hint of toasted oak accompanies this single malt, followed by aromas of tropical fruit salad, candied citrus peel, green tea and forest floor. The palate tastes of oak spice, buttered brioche, bitter lemon, acacia flowers, light honey and pepper. Flavours of waxy citrus peel, grapefruit and Golden Delicious apple round out this whisky and leave a warming mouthfeel.
Attributes
| Origin: | United Kingdom / Highland-Speyside |
| Volume: | 53.5 % |
The Whisky Cellar
The Whisky Cellar was founded in 2017 as an independent Scottish bottler by whisky expert Keith Bonnington
Bonnington, who lives in the heart of Edinburgh, can look back on a career in whisky spanning almost two decades. For over 10 years he was responsible at Edrington for brands such as the Macallan and Highland Park.
Highland-Speyside
Speyside: Das Herz der Whisky-Kultur
Geografisch gesehen ist die Speyside ein kleiner, nordöstlich gelegener Teilbereich der Highlands. Doch das Hügelland zwischen den Städten Inverness und Aberdeen, durch welches das Flüsschen Spy fliesst, das der Region ihren Namen gibt, ist das Herz und der Nabel der schottischen Whisky-Herstellung und Single Malt-Kultur. Nicht weniger als 50 der insgesamt 108 schottischen Destillerien sind hier beheimatet. Die Speyside-Malts bestechen mit ihrer Komplexität und Eleganz.
