The Signatory Vintage Unchillfiltered Collection is one of our favourite ranges from any Independent Bottler. Providing an incredible range of whiskies at prices that remind us of how things used to be, they almost always outperform comparative releases from the same distilleries which their spirit originally came from in both quality and price…
Cask Number(s): 260 & 262
Date of Distilling: 8/12/2014
Date of Bottling: 01/2023
Matured In:Â 2nd Fill Oloroso Sherry Butts
Tasting Notes:
Nose: Nutty aromas with hints of orange and oak. Malty and rich with dark cherry and sour apple.
Palate:Â Creamy and malty with sweet dark fruits, cherry ripe and spicy oak.
Finish:Â Medium with rounded fruity sweetness and some spicy oak.
Founded in 1825, Ben Nevis is an old-fashioned and historic distillery. It’s single malts have cult status but having being owned by Nikka since 1989 (who reopened it after four years of closure in 1990) between 50 and 75% (depending on who you ask) of it’s annual new make output is shipped to Japan for their blends, particularly Nikka Black. Ben Nevis uses wooden washbacks and, unusually, brewers yeast for fermentation. A slow distilaltion process leads to a complex and heavy spirit that can be green, tropical, dieselly and/or chewy on different occasions.
Signatory Vintage are one of the veterans of Independently Bottled Scotch Whisky. Founded in 1988 by Andrew and Brian Symington. The name ‘Signatory’ was derived from the initial intention to find a person of suitable standing to sign the labels for bottles drawn from a single cask.Â
They have one of the most well regarded stores of single cask Scotch Whisky in the industry, with a focus on high quality spirit, bottled without the need for Chill Filtration, always at natural colour. Signatory covers the entire range of whisky drinkers, with their high end Cask Strength Single Casks offering complex and rare whiskies at the high end, while their Unchillfiltered Collection provides some of the best value single malts and grains around.
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