Glen Scotia 20 Years Old 1992 (The Whisky Cask)

A 20 year old Glen Scotia from the bottler The Whisky Cask, distilled in 1992, bottled at 57.6%. Glen Scotia is a maritime Campbeltown malt, one of the last three of a town that once held thirty. It sits on High Street in Campbeltown, on the Kintyre peninsula on the west coast.

Worked through the stills for an oily, coastal make, building the Campbeltown Glen Scotia style. Maturation came in an Oloroso cask, layered over the briny Glen Scotia make. Through oxidative maturity esters concentrate, the citrus turning to a salted toffee over the oily body. A long ferment gives a fruity make that ages with a coastal, oily grace. Vanillin and oak lactones from the wood lend vanilla and coconut over the fruit. The Campbeltown style is oily and salted, the cask deepening it over the years. Its malt comes from Greencore Maltings in southwest Scotland.

Bottled at a cask strength 57.6%, it is rich. Salt, citrus and a soft toffee, with dried fruit, fig and walnut from the cask. The texture is oily and coating, the fruit lifted by vanilla. A briny finish ends on citrus and a soft oak. This is one of the last three Campbeltown malts.