White Peak is a newer distillery, from Derbyshire in England. The distillery has an industrial background, but the spirit is anything but that. This bottling from Adelphi features White Peak’s spirit aged 5 Years in a red wine barrique, resulting in a caramelised, savoury, slightly heathery dram.
1 of only 323 bottles
Red Wine Barrique
Colour:Â Amber
Nose:Â Creamy nougat, nutty, almond, tomato stem, vegetables, sundried tomatoes, vegetable stock, herbal salt, sesame seed, soy sauce
Palate:Â Earthy, wet forest floor, mineral, mossy, heathery moss, liquorice twig, Korean BBQ, goji berry
Finish:Â Spicy, savoury
Adelphi is one of the world’s top independent bottlers of whisky. They acquire casks already matured to bottle, as opposed to maturing them themselves, and the Adelphi brand has been synonymous with top quality whisky for in the post-2000 era. The company also owns the Ardnamurchan distillery on Scotland’s east coast, which distilled its first spirit in 2014 and released its first single malt in 2020.