The Lindores Distilling Co. Ltd. Lindores Abbey Commemorative First Release MCDXCIV

A distillery bottling of Lindores Abbey, bottled at 46%. The outturn was 12750 bottles. Founded in 2017 by Drew and Helen McKenzie Smith, Lindores Abbey distils where a monk made aqua vitae for the king in 1494. The whisky writer Michael Jackson called Lindores a pilgrimage, and the abbey is widely held to be the spiritual home of Scotch.

The spirit was made in copper pot stills from barley grown on the abbey grounds, for a rich, fruity young spirit. A sherry cask held it, the wood lending raisin and walnut. The house style is built on active, carefully chosen casks and patience rather than age alone. A young distillery, it leans on active casks to bring its whisky to life quickly. The house style is layered and fruity, richer than a typical light Lowland. The Casks of Lindores range shows the spirit in bourbon, sherry and STR red wine wood. The abbey ruins still stand beside the modern distillery buildings.

Bottled at 46%, it is rounded. The Oloroso brings dried fruit, fig and a nutty depth. The texture is full and layered, the fruit lifted by oak. Orchard fruit and a baking spice see out the finish. This is a young Lowland malt from where Scotch began.