Old Pulteney 13 Years Old

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1000ml / 43%

Single Malt

$73

A coastal Old Pulteney single malt, a 13 year old, from the distillery, at 43%. Honeyed and briny, all salt, citrus and a waxy honey. Salty, oily and rounded. Old Pulteney, distilling by the sea since 1826. Honeyed, waxy and full of the sea. The far north in a glass. Brine, beeswax and bright fruit. A rounded, oily northern malt.

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SKU PUL010 Categories Highlands, Pulteney, Scottish Whisky, Whiskey Brand: Pulteney

Description

A distillery bottling of Old Pulteney, a 13 year old coastal malt, and bottled at 43%. Set beside the harbour at Wick in the far north, Pulteney has distilled since 1826. Water comes from Loch Hempriggs, carried by a lade Thomas Telford laid in 1807.

The spirit was made in copper stills of singular shape, fed by soft northern water, and matured on the Caithness coast for a salty lift. Ex-Bourbon casks held the spirit, soft oak that lets the coastal character lead. By this age the waxy, honeyed core settles in over the brine. Time in oak builds a honeyed weight over the fresh, briny new make. Closed when Wick went dry in 1930, the distillery did not run again until 1951. Sea air works into the warehouses, a saline thread that marks the house style. For decades this was the most northerly distillery on the Scottish mainland. It is one of the last true urban distilleries, set among the streets of Pulteneytown.

Bottled at 43%, it is rounded. Vanilla and a little cream from the barrel, with honeyed wax and a saline lift. The texture is oily and coating, the salt threaded through. A gently briny finish lingers warm. This is a coastal Highland malt from the edge of the country.