Royal Brackla 17 Years Old 2007 10th anniversary bottling (Liquid Art)

Bottled by Liquid Art, this Royal Brackla, aged 17 year old from 2007 and bottled at 51.7%. 161 bottles in all. Set near Nairn, on the Cawdor Estate, Royal Brackla has distilled since 1812. Water for the make is drawn from the Cawdor Burn.

The spirit was run through lamp glass spirit stills for a clean, fruity spirit, to build a fragrant, orchard fruit character. An ex-Bourbon barrel shaped it, gentle American oak beneath the fruit. Past seventeen years the spirit turns honeyed and full while keeping its elegance. The clean, fruity new make takes wood gracefully across long maturation. Few Highland malts wear their history as openly as this one. The spirit was long destined for blends before its single malt revival. Royal Brackla was the first Scotch whisky ever to be granted a royal warrant. The distillery sits on the Cawdor Estate, whose castle is tied to the legend of Macbeth.

At a full 51.7% it is intense yet elegant. Green apple and a fragrant lift sit alongside soft vanilla and honey from the cask. It is clean and elegant, the fragrant spirit shining through. The close is warm, honey over soft oak. This is a Highland malt with a royal past.