You’ve got to have something from Islay for Christmas! The nose is very distinctly Bruichladdich, with seashore, baled hay, mineral oil and tangerine peel. I also find milk bottle sweets, apricot, melon and sweet lime as it breathes in the glass. The palate has a lovely texture, with candied lemon, salted butter, apricot jam, waxes and oils. With a bit of water it’s even better, with citrus, stone fruits, camphor and minerals in perfect balance.

A lovely cask of one of the most distinctive distillates out there, and unmistakeably Islay even without any peat.

This first-fill bourbon barrel produced 229 bottles at a cask strength of 57.9%.

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This is a mystery peated Highland single malt, rumoured to be from a rather well-known distillery…

The nose has a complex aromatic fruitiness (orange, fig leaf, mango, Juicy Fruit) with savoury smoke (soy sauce, liquorice and sage, BBQ) drifting beneath. The palate is sweet, lightly syrupy in texture, and smokier than the nose, with papaya, lemon, salty green olives, black treacle bacon and a lingering and slightly medicinal peat smoke.

It’s the balance of a rather lush fruitiness with a sweet/savoury smoke that really makes this one. It made me think of old Caol Ila and Laphroaig at points, which can’t be a bad thing!

This refill barrel produced 267 bottles at a cask strength of 54.0%.

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To commemorate the Hacienda’s bicentennial in 1996, Alberto Vollmer Herrera, member of the 4th generation of the family, challenged the company to develop a rum that could leverage all of its mastery learned in the first 200 years.

Santa Teresa 1796 is a bold and elegant rum with blends up to 35 years aged in bourbon oak barrels, then further aged through the artisanal Solera method resulting in a dry, smooth and balanced rum.

Tasting Notes

Aroma: Amber red and rich of thick tears.

Taste: Fruity aroma with notes of wood.

Finish: Unique taste of nuts, leather, vanilla, cinnamon, dark chocolate, prunes, hints of honey and pepper.

This is a single cask Jamaican rum from Worthy Park distillery.

The nose has smoky custard, green olives, black tea, bananas, shoe polish and liquorice, as well as some nice little woodsy herbal touches. The palate starts on huge sweet liquorice, lime juice and salt, before developing on plum sauce, engine oil, marmalade and tarte tatin. The finish is long and delightful, with sweet tar and tinned lychees.

This is top quality and hugely fun spirit, and not at all a bad place to start if you’re a whisky fan looking to introduce yourself to the world of rum.

This refill rum barrel was aged for 3 years in Jamaica and the remainder in Europe, producing only 177 bottles at a cask strength of 56.2%.

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Containing a blend of rums 6 to 23 years old.

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