The Singleton of Dufftown Malt Master’s Selection Cask #Batch 1106

Easy&Mellow

700ml / 40%

Single Malt

$39

An official Singleton of Dufftown, at 40%. A smooth, nutty Speyside fruit of apple and pear. Founded in 1895, it became the heart of the Bell’s blend. For years it made a nutty, malty spirit in the Bell’s style. Owned by Diageo, it sits in the Singleton range with Glendullan and Glen Ord. This is a smooth, nutty Speyside single malt.

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SKU SC221445 Categories Dufftown, Scottish Whisky, Speyside, Whiskey Brand: Dufftown

Description

An official release of Singleton of Dufftown, cask Batch 1106, at 40%. Dufftown is a nutty, spicy Speyside malt, for decades the heart of the Bell's blend. Its single malt has been sold as The Singleton of Dufftown since 2006, mainly in the UK and Europe.

It was made on Conval Hills water and condensed in shell and tube condensers, the long ferment building a grassy, fruity character. Ex-Bourbon casks held it, the gentle American oak letting the nutty spirit lead. Without an age statement, vanillin sweetness and a nutty malt point to good years in oak. The clean, grassy spirit shows the cask clearly, vanilla and honey to the fore. It is one of Diageo's largest malt distilleries, making around 5.8 million litres a year. In recent years the ferment was lengthened and the wort run clear for a grassier make. Its water is drawn from Jock's Well, an artesian spring in the Conval Hills.

At an approachable 40% it is soft and easy. Apple, malt and a soft honey, with a soft vanilla from the oak. A baked apple and a gentle spice lift it. The close is smooth, fruit over a gentle, spicy oak. This is Dufftown, a heart malt of the Bell's blend.