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An Old Pulteney from the far north, from the distillery, at 40%. The Maritime Malt, showing honey, vanilla and a saline lift. Briny, waxy and deeply northern. Coastal Highland whisky from Caithness. Distilled by the sea at Wick. Oily, northern and full of character. A coastal Highland malt to savour. Honeyed, waxy and full of the sea.
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A distillery bottling of Old Pulteney and bottled at 40%. Set in the herring port of Wick on the Caithness coast, Pulteney has distilled since 1826. 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. With no age statement, it shows a rounded, honeyed body and a clean coastal edge. A gentle, unhurried maturation suits the waxy, honeyed Pulteney character. Everything once moved by sea here, barley in and casks out across the North Sea. The water runs from Loch Hempriggs along a lade Thomas Telford laid in 1807. Pulteney's stills are unlike any other, the wash still topped flat where the neck was cut. The cool, damp Caithness air gives a slow and even maturation.
Bottled at 40%, it is rounded. The refill oak lending a light vanilla runs under salt spray and beeswax. A beeswax and a saline tang give it real body. A gently briny finish lingers warm. This is a briny, oily dram from the North Sea coast.
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