25-Year-Old Auchentoshan Virgin Oak

25-Year-Old Auchentoshan Virgin OakA Lowland malt made close by the Clyde, at Auchentoshan Distillery. A quarter century in a bourbon barrel means a forceful drop, further enchanted by its calvados encounter. Light amber in looks. Sweet green fresh fruit and warming spicy scents. Apples and cinnamon to the fore, from a taste. Ends slow and sweet.

milk chocolate and marmalade

Persists at the back of the palate

dried fruit

smooth style finds fresh impetus in bourbon-soaked wood and virgin oak

Islay’s first licensed distillery

Golden in colour

before a month spent in a virgin oak cask

this bold malt shows elegant interplay between its key influences

After six months in first-fill Pedro Ximénez sherry hogsheads

Stewed raisins

fumy aromas from a heavily peated Bunnahabhain expression

lively spiciness from its virgin oak finish