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Sutherland 2000


Style: Single Cask

Cask: #1432

Year of distillation: 2000

Bottled: 2021

Age: 20

Region: Highland

Cask Type: Hogshead

No. of bottles: 488

ABV: 50.4%

Release: Summer 2021


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Jonny McMillan

An anonymous cask from the North Highland, that gives gentle notes of honey comb, beeswax and whiffs of wood polish… I wonder what it could be? No more clues, I don’t want to let the wildcat out of the bag…


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Tasting Notes

This enigmatic Highlander gives strong hints of it’s origin with powerful aromas of floral honey, antique furniture and fruit gums, suggesting the trademark waxiness of a certain famed distillery. The palate is wonderfully viscous, with the texture integrating perfectly with notes of warm honey, tarte tatin, almonds and pleasing hints of beeswax. The finish gives a passing note of wood smoke, before some spiciness and tobacco leaves appears toward the finish. An exquisite Highland whisky deserving of a quiet evening to enjoy it’s company.

Distillery

Occasionally, we come across a cask of whisky that we’re unable to disclose the origins of. Although we would usually try to avoid this, some casks are just too good to pass by - such as this hogshead from the Highlands.