Glen Scotia Single Cask Selection Spring 2022 7 Years Old 2015 (58.5%)

Glen Scotia from the distillery, a 7 year old, from 2015, cask 21/42-7, at 58.5%, 309 bottles in all. Glen Scotia is a Campbeltown single malt, one of only three distilleries left in the old whisky capital. It was founded in 1832 as Scotia, one of the survivors of Campbeltown's Victorian whisky boom.

It was drawn off the stills after a long ferment for a fruity, briny spirit, for a briny, oily make of salt, citrus and a salted toffee. It was matured in a Red Wine cask, the wood working into the oily malt. In these extractive early years the oak gives vanillin as vanilla and oak lactones as coconut over a briny, oily spirit. The slow distillation and shell and tube condensers give the oily Glen Scotia body. Active wood frames the fruit without overwhelming the briny Campbeltown spirit. Maturation in the Campbeltown warehouses, by the sea, lends a coastal edge. The cool, salt laden Campbeltown air gives a slow, coastal maturation in the warehouses.

At cask strength 58.5% it is full bodied. A coastal, oily sweetness, with red berry and a dry spice from the cask. Soft citrus and a salted oil sit behind the cask. The finish is rounded, salted and oily. This is a maritime Campbeltown single malt.