Single Malt 23YO
⏳ Drikkevindue
Ready to enjoy upon release; does not improve with bottle age but will remain in peak condition indefinitely if stored upright and away from direct sunlight.
🍽️ Mad & Vin-match
Dark chocolate, blue cheese, smoked duck breast
✨ Tekniske specifikationer
Craigellachie's 23-Year-Old Single Malt is a masterclass in the distillery's defiant, old-school style. While most Speyside distilleries transitioned to modern, efficient column condensers, Craigellachie stubbornly retained its traditional copper worm tubs. These cold-water tanks condense the spirit rapidly, reducing copper contact and preserving heavy, sulfurous, and muscular compounds. Over twenty-three years of maturation in a combination of ex-bourbon and ex-sherry casks, this initially aggressive spirit transforms. The sulfur mellows into a rich, savory complexity, revealing unexpected notes of charred pineapple, beeswax, industrial oil, and toasted oak. It represents a bygone era of Scotch whisky production, celebrated by purists for its uncompromising, full-bodied character.
🍾 Om vinhuset / producenten
Craigellachie Distillery blev grundlagt i 1891 af Alexander Edward og den legendariske whiskypioner Peter Mackie. Destilleriet troner stolt i hjertet af skotske Speyside, hvor floderne Spey og Fiddich mødes. Ud over sin markante historiske arkitektur, tegnet af Charles Doig, er destilleriet berømt for sin kompromisløse fastholdelse af klassiske produktionsmetoder – ikke mindst den fortsatte brug af traditionelle 'worm tubs' i kobber til kondensering. Denne særlige destillationsteknik giver råspritten en robust, muskuløs og let svovlet karakter, som harmonerer smukt med livlige tropiske frugtnoter og en rig maltet dybde. I dag ejes Craigellachie af John Dewar & Sons under Bacardi og leverer anmelderroste, karakterfulde single malt whiskies, der skiller sig markant ud som både modige og nonkonformistiske i Speyside-regionen.
🍇 Base Ingredient
Malted Barley
🍷 Alkoholprocent (ABV)
46%