Royal Lochnagar

Royal Lochnagar Scottish Ballet's "The Sleeping Beauty" Cask of Distinction 26 Year Old, European Oak Sherry Cask, Cask #1289, 2021, 56.3%

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TypeSingle Malt Whisky
MRI
MRI 32
Average Score
N.A
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Description

Founder of the original Lochnagar distillery, James Robertson clearly had a few foes in the business as competitors burned it down and - after Robertson built a new distillery - the second subsequently suffered the same fate. Lochnagar managed to establish a greater amount of luck and success when in 1845, John Begg built his 'New Lochnagar' which gained a rare Royal Warrant only a few years later ...

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Cask type
European Oak Sherry Cask
Bottling
Official Bottling
Peated
Unpeated
Single cask
Yes
Non-chill filtered
N.A
Cask origin
N.A
Cask no.
1289
Batch
N.A
PPM
N.A
Barley
N.A
Fermentation
Up to five days
Master distiller (bottling)
N.A
Master distiller (distillation)
N.A
Limited edition
Yes
Bottle count
503
Has box
Yes
Closure
Cork with wax/foil seal
Presentation
Wooden box
Series highlights
Diageo's Casks of Distinction programme; Scottish Ballet's 'The Sleeping Beauty' Cask
Historical context
N.A
Special release
Released to raise money for the Scottish Ballet
Allocation
N.A
Nose
Woody and toffee, dried fruits and some fresher black fruits, bramble and blackberry, malt loaf, fruitcake, some heady Christmas mixed spices and mince pies.
Palate
Lively, fruity and spicy, plenty of old/antique oak wood, liquorice twists, more blackberry and bramble but more earthy than tart, fruit cake, raisins, treacle toffee, malt loaf, Christmas pudding, woody spices, clove, cinnamon, perhaps a touch of wood char, tobacco leaf and a wisp of smoke.
Finish
Long, dry, sweet, dried fruits and soft spices.
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