Old Pulteney 23 Years Old

This official Old Pulteney single malt at 23 year old, and bottled at 43%. Set in Pulteneytown on Scotland's far northern shore, Pulteney has distilled since 1826. Old Pulteney is known the world over as the Maritime Malt.

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. Ex-Bourbon casks held the spirit, soft oak that lets the coastal character lead. Beyond eighteen years the malt grows deep and oily, honey turning to dried fruit over soft brine. Years in the cask round the spirit, the wax and honey deepening with age. Robert Cumming reopened the silent distillery in 1951 as demand for whisky returned. 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.

At an easy 43% it is gentle. Brine and a honeyed wax sit alongside soft vanilla from the cask. A crisp apple and a sea salt edge lift it. The close is slow, brine over soft wax. This is the seaside style that made the distillery's name.