Single Malt Darkness Oloroso Sherry Cask Finish 11YO
⏳ Drikkevindue
Ready to enjoy upon release; maintains its peak quality indefinitely when stored upright in a cool, dark place.
🍽️ Mad & Vin-match
Dark chocolate, blue cheese, roasted venison
✨ Tekniske specifikationer
Craigellachie is famously known as the 'bad boy of Speyside' due to its stubborn refusal to abandon traditional copper worm tubs, which impart a heavy, sulfurous, and muscular character to the spirit. When this robust, meaty single malt is matured for 11 years and finished in custom-built Oloroso Sherry octave casks by the independent bottler 'Darkness', a dramatic fusion occurs. The octave casks, being much smaller than standard butts, facilitate intense wood-to-spirit contact. This results in a rich marriage of Craigellachie's signature oiliness, sulfur, and tropical fruit notes with the deep, dark, nutty, and spice-laden influence of Oloroso sherry.
🍾 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)
47.8%