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An Old Pulteney from the far north, a 16 year old, from the distillery, at 46%. The Maritime Malt, showing briny wax and bright citrus. Briny, waxy and deeply northern. Coastal Highland whisky from Caithness. The sea runs right through it. A honeyed coastal malt from the far north. Salty, oily and rounded. The Maritime Malt of Wick.
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An official Old Pulteney single malt, a 16 year old and bottled at 46%. Built in 1826 in the herring port of Wick on the Caithness coast, Pulteney is the maritime malt of the far north. For years it was the most northerly distillery on the Scottish mainland.
Distilled in Pulteney's distinctively shaped copper stills on soft Loch Hempriggs water, the make was then aged beside the North Sea for that maritime edge. Maturation came in ex-Bourbon wood, lending honey and vanilla under the salt. Mid age brings a fuller honey and a deeper maritime note. A gentle, unhurried maturation suits the waxy, honeyed Pulteney character. Old Pulteney is matured within sight of the harbour that gave Wick its name. The far north cold draws a clean, bright spirit and a slow take on the oak. Casks rest within sight of the harbour that once shipped herring across Europe. The make is clean and waxy, a style built over nearly two centuries by the sea.
At 46% it is soft, waxy and coastal. The refill oak lending a light vanilla runs under salt spray and beeswax. A beeswax and a saline tang give it real body. The finish runs oily, saline and warm. This is a briny, oily dram from the North Sea coast.
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