NEW SINGLE CASK RELEASES FROM WEMYSS MALTS

Wemyss Malts, the indie bottler involved in the Kingsbarn Distillery currently under construction near St. Andrew in Fife is releasing 12 single cask bottling this Autumn. The releases represent a a wide array of whisky from almost all Scotland's whisky producing regions.

The latest releases from Wemyss Malts - picture courtesy of the Wemyss press release

"Vintage Strawberry Punnet" - 1988 single cask from Invergordon, Single Grain
"Sweet Peat Posy" - 1987 single cask from Bowmore, Islay
"Aniseed Pastille" - 1996 single cask from Bowmore, Islay
"Thread of Smoke" - 1991 single cask from Bunnahabhain, Islay
"Smoke on the Water" - 1982 single cask from Caol Ila, Islay
"Floral Trellis" - 1988 single cask from Tormore, Speyside
"In a Bluebell Wood" - 1995 single cask from Glen Grant, Speyside
"Summer Fruit Cup" - 1998 single cask from Auchentoshan, Lowlands
"Cayenne Cocoa Bean" - 1997 single cask from Clynelish, Highlands
"Bench with a Sea View" - 1997 single cask from Clynelish, Highlands
"Peaches and Cream" - 1989 single cask from Glen Garioch, Highlands
"Blackcurrant Coulis" - 1991 single cask from Blair Athol, Highlands

The RRP of these malts is from £70-£200 and they'll be available soon from retailers in the UK, EU and some Asian markets before long.

Source: Wemyss Malts Press Release

DALMORE 'TROPICAL SPICE' 1990 - WEMYSS MALTS

A part from its beautiful location by the Cromarty Firth, Dalmore has IMO rarely comes up with bottlings - both official and unofficial that has blown me away... though no rules with out exceptions - there was this one bottling a few years back by Adelphi - but that's another story entirely... To me Dalmore is insanely overpriced, overrated by the few and ridden with E150. (Sorry, Dalmore - you'll just have to convince me otherwise!)

Moving on... This time I'll try a bottling from the indie bottler 'Wemyss Malts' who like the SMWS like to give their bottlings very ahem ... descriptive names instead of telling us whats really in the bottle.

Anyway, things always gets disclosed and its of course, as mentioned above Dalmore that's in this particular bottling.

Lets try it:

Dalmore 'Tropical Spice' 1990/xx.09.2009 19yo 59,7%, refill butt yielding 767 bottles, Wemyss Malts

Colour is mahogany

Nose:
Spices, mint, filled chocolates, rum?, herbs, Kahlua? Haribo cola bottle wine gums

Taste:
Dry sherry, alcohol then mints, high quality dark rum, Mom's candy bowl at Xmas, extremely spicy - going on more oriental and tropical IMHO...

Good stuff, but not entirely up there!

85/100! ...mostly because of the nose.