Williamson 2014 BR (BB&R)

Berry Bros & Rudd has traded from No. 3 St James's Street in London since 1698, Britain's oldest wine and spirits merchant. Distilled in 2014 and bottled in 2023, this 9 year old Williamson followed. in the Small Batch range. Bottled as Williamson because it is teaspooned, a Laphroaig cask with a spoonful of another malt stirred in, which makes it legally a blended malt. The name honours Bessie Williamson, the first woman to own and run a Scotch distillery.

A bourbon barrel and nine years settle the deep south-shore peat.

Bottled at 46%, the ex-Bourbon gives vanilla. The profile runs to citrus, leather, a medicinal edge, an oily texture, a rubbery note, smoke.