Royal Brackla The Exceptional Cask Series 20 Years Old 1998

The Exceptional Cask Series

700ml / 52.9%

Single Malt

$551

Royal Brackla, the King’s Own Whisky, a 20 year old, from 1998 from the distillery, at 52.9%. Elegant and spiced, with grape, honey and a floral lift. A regal Highland malt of Cawdor. A Highland single malt with a royal past. A malt long loved by blenders. Elegant spirit, sherry and wine casks. A Nairnshire malt of real class.

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SKU RYB011 Categories Highlands, Royal Brackla, Scottish Whisky, Whiskey Brand: Royal Brackla

Description

This Royal Brackla, an official release, a 20 year old from 1998 and bottled at 52.9%. The outturn was 192 bottles. Royal Brackla was built in 1812 by Captain William Fraser on the Cawdor Estate near Nairn, and it became the first Scotch granted a royal warrant, by William IV in 1833. Water for the make is drawn from the Cawdor Burn.

It was distilled on Cawdor Burn water in tall copper stills, for the fruity, elegant spirit Royal Brackla is known for. Maturation in a sherry cask laid dried fruit over the elegant malt. Past seventeen years the spirit turns honeyed and full while keeping its elegance. The unpeated make lets the wood and the fruit speak without smoke. Owned today by John Dewar and Sons, part of Bacardi, it remains a quiet Highland name. Fraser shipped his spirit south to England to outpace the local smugglers of his day.

At 52.9%, undiluted, it is deep and honeyed. The Moscatel brings grape, honey and a floral sweetness, and green apple and a fragrant lift sit alongside a quiet vanilla from the refill oak. It is clean and elegant, the fragrant spirit shining through. It closes long, fruity and warming. This is a Highland malt with a royal past.