Glen Scotia Single Cask Selection Spring 2019 13 Years Old 2005

Single Cask Selection Spring 2019

700ml / 55.7%

Single Malt

$539

An official Glen Scotia, a 13 year old, 2005, at 55.7%. A briny, coastal Campbeltown fruit of citrus and salt, with dried fruit, fig and walnut from the cask. It sits between heavier Springbank and lighter Glengyle. Its malt is sourced from Greencore Maltings in southwest Scotland. This is the oily, salted malt of the Wee Toon.

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SKU GSC051 Categories Campbeltown, Glen Scotia, Scottish Whisky, Whiskey Brand: Glen Scotia

Description

Glen Scotia from the distillery, a 13 year old, from 2005, cask 17/413-8, at 55.7%, 328 bottles in all. Glen Scotia is a Campbeltown single malt, one of only three distilleries left in the old whisky capital. It runs a single pair of stills and shell and tube condensers for a slow, oily make.

It was run through the stills and shell and tube condensers on Crosshill Loch water, building the Campbeltown Glen Scotia style. It was matured in an Oloroso cask, the wood working into the oily malt. Through integration spirit and wood marry, vanillin settling into a rounded vanilla as ethyl esters lend a riper citrus and a salted toffee. Vanillin and oak lactones from the wood lend vanilla and coconut over the fruit. The maritime setting on the Kintyre coast threads salt and brine through the spirit. Maturation in the Campbeltown warehouses, by the sea, lends a coastal edge.

At a hearty 55.7% it carries real weight. A briny, oily coastal fruit, with dried fruit, fig and walnut from the cask. Soft citrus and a salted oil sit behind the cask. The finish runs long, oily and coastal. This is one of the last three Campbeltown malts.