Issue 161 | Whisky Magazine 81NIGHTCAP | Travel Retail British Airways
(£79), which has been aged in both
Oloroso and PX sherry casks to create
a rich complex whisky, that mixes rich
chocolate, peat smoke, dates, toffee and
roasted coffee to wonderful effect.
Mortlach 14 Years Old (£60) is
another good choice, aged in a mix of
ex-sherry and Bourbon casks to form a
spicy, fruity whisky that delivers plenty
of vanilla and clove on the nose. The
palate is fruity with red berry flavours
and woody notes, while the finish is
long and warm.
Back on the ground, The
GlenDronach has released a new
travel-retail exclusive to join the
distillery’s first expression The
GlenDronach Forgue Aged 10 years,
which was released last September.
The GlenDronach Boynsmill Aged
16 Years takes its name from TheBoynsmill Estate where the distillery’s
founder James Allardice decided to
site his distillery back in 1826. This
new whisky is aged in PX and Oloroso
sherry casks, as well as port casks, and
is bottled non-chill-filtered at 46% ABV
without caramel.
On the nose, expect notes of stewed
plums and apricot brandy along with
sweet spices. The palate offers rich
fruitcake cake and nutty flavours
which give way to a rich, velvety finish.
For lovers of sherried whiskies, The
GlenDronach Boynsmill Aged 16 Years
is a real treat and worth seeking out.
Lastly, Royal Salute has released a
new quirky addition to its range: Royal
Salute 21 Years Old The Lost Blend
exclusively at Singapore Changi airport
before a wider duty-free roll out in July
this year.As the name suggests, The Lost
Blend has been created by Royal Salute
master blender, Sandy Hyslop, using
whisky from a ‘lost’ distillery at the
heart of the blend, in this case, the
Imperial Distillery, which produced
whisky for 46 years before closing in
the 1990s.
The new blend is the first peated
whisky ever released by Royal Salute
and it comes packaged in a stunning
gift box created by award-winning
illustrator Kristjana S. Williams, which
on the inside features illustrations of
the British Royal Menagerie, which was
once housed in the Tower of London.
Full of bonfire smoke, sweet orchard
fruit and hazelnuts, this unusual Royal
Salute expression is likely to become
a sought-after collectors’ item and is
priced from around $168 (£132).BEST BUY
Hunter Laing & Co.
Scarabus
Scotch whisky distiller, blender and bottler Hunter Laing & Co.,
the family-run company behind Islay’s latest distillery Ardnahoe,
has launched Scarabus, a new Islay
single-malt whisky. The whisky’s unusual
name means ‘Rocky Place’ while the
attractive label has a folksy, Celtic
feel, that was apparently inspired by
the Islay-born author and scholar John
Francis Campbell who invented the
meteorological sunshine recorder and
was a world-renowned authority on
Celtic folklore and mythology.
The whisky itself has a traditional Islay
style with peat smoke and sea salt on
the nose while leather notes, rhubarb
and vanilla sweetness dominate the
palate. This handsomely packaged 46%
ABV Islay malt will soon be available at
selected duty-free and domestic stores.RECOMMENDED
Jura
21 Years Old Time
At the TFWA Asia Pacific Exhibition in Singapore last month Whyte
& Mackay unveiled a new travel-retail 21-years-old exclusive
expression for the traveller.
In fact, Jura 21 Years Old Time is
one of two new limited-edition 21
years-old whiskies released by the
remote island distillery, the other
being called Jura 21 Years Old Tide,
which will be distributed to domestic
rather than duty-free markets.
Jura Time is matured in American
ex-Bourbon barrels and then
finished in ex-peated malt whisky
casks. The resulting whisky offers
plenty of chocolate, honey and
salted peat notes on the nose, while
the complex palate delivers Turkish
Delight, tropical fruit salad, maple
syrup and dark chocolate flavours.080-081-Travel-Retail-WM161.indd 81 26/06/2019 15:02