Old Pulteney 2007 GlMo (Gleann Mór)

An Old Pulteney single malt, selected and bottled by Gleann Mór at 14 year old, from 2007, drawn from cask 700720 and bottled at 57.2%. Set in Pulteneytown on Scotland's far northern shore, Pulteney has distilled since 1826. It is one of the last urban distilleries, set among the streets of Pulteneytown.

The spirit was drawn off the flat topped wash still and boil ball spirit still that give the make its body, and matured by the shore, where sea air works into the wood. It rested in ex-Bourbon oak, the wood adding only a light honeyed sweetness. Past a decade the honey and wax build, knitting with the coastal salt. The slow loss of the angel's share concentrates the honeyed, waxy core over time. Slow distillation in the squat stills builds the malt's rounded, waxy body. The cool maritime climate is as much a part of the whisky as the cask. Honey, beeswax and sea salt are the threads that run through the range.

Undiluted at 57.2%, it is concentrated. Sea salt and a coastal tang meet soft vanilla from the cask. The mouthfeel is oily, the honey carried on a waxy body. A long, honeyed finish carries a saline tang. This is Old Pulteney's classic maritime character.