Wolfburn Northland

700ml / 46%

Single Malt

$62

Wolfburn Northland, from the distillery, at 46%. Bright and fruity, with a gentle smoke and a clean vanilla and orchard fruit. Soft peat over coastal fruit. From the banks of the Wolf Burn. Hand made on the far north coast. Reborn at Thurso in 2013. A small, hand run distillery. Gently smoky and clean. On the North Coast 500.

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SKU WLF005 Categories Highlands, Scottish Whisky, Whiskey, Wolfburn Brand: Wolfburn

Description

Northland is a core expression of the Wolfburn distillery at Thurso, the most northerly on the Scottish mainland. It is bottled at 46%. Most of the make is unpeated, with a lightly peated malt distilled since 2014 for a gentle smoke.

It was worked through the distillery's small copper stills, for a gently smoky spirit with a sea air lift. An ex-Bourbon barrel or quarter cask shaped it, vanilla beneath the fruit. Carrying no age, it leans on a gentle smoke, apple and a clean malt. Refill oak lets the fresh, fruity distillery character lead. The far north air, salt laden and cool, lends the maturing spirit a coastal edge. The original Wolfburn, founded in 1821 by William Smith, was once the largest distillery in Caithness before falling silent in the 1860s. The new distillery stands about 350 metres from the old ruins, sharing the Wolf Burn that names them both.

At 46% it is soft, fruity and clean. A light smoke over green apple and vanilla, and the bourbon cask adds vanilla and a gentle sweetness. The texture is light, the gentle smoke threaded with fruit. The finish runs gently smoky and fresh. This is Wolfburn's lightly peated, coastal Thurso malt.