Part of Murray McDavids incredible value Cask Craft series, this release features a Peated Loch Lomond, Croftengea spirit aged in Marsala casks. The result is a spicy, sweet, almost bar-nutty whisky that has a bolder palate than one would expect. Fun, smokey, sweet!
Official Tasting Notes:
Character: light, sweet smoke, grilled fruits and oily snack food
Influence: Nutty, dried fruits, mellow oak spice
Croftengea is one of the many faces of the Loch Lomond distillery. Deeper in texture and more heavily peated, it is prized by independent bottlers as an opportunity to create an incredible value peated spirit.
Murray McDavid was founded in 1994 by former wine merchant and legend of the whisky industry, Mark Reynier, who named company after his grandparents Harriet Murray and Jock McDavid. Mark was subsequently joined by yet another whisky legend, Jim McEwan: you might recognise these names as part of the team that resuscitated the Bruichladdich distillery in 2000 and subsequently made it the powerhouse that it is today.
Mark's former life as a wine merchant gave him access to some incredible and unique casks and Murray McDavid quickly established a reputation for innovative and extraordinary cask maturations. Though Mark and Jim both have sinced moved on to other ventures, their ethos lives on through the brand's slogan, celebrating "The Art of Maturation". This commitment is made evident in the calibre of casks that they source globally; including bourbon and rye caks from Koval in Chicago, Sherry casks from Bodegas Ximenez-Spinola in Jerez and Port barriques from Caves de Murca in Portugal.
- Group:
- Whisky & Spirits
- Type:
- Whisky
- Style:
- Single Malt
- Country:
- Scotland
- Region:
- Highland
- Producer:
- Loch Lomond
- Size:
- 700ml
- ABV:
- 44.5%
