Auchentoshan Pure Malt Black Label 1970's

Auchentoshan 15 Year Old 1981 First Cask

First Cask has bottled quite a few Auchentoshan already, including 6 sister casks from 1981. This is cask #1159, which I discovered on the table at The Whisky Mercenary’s booth at the recent whisky festival in Ghent. It was bottled exclusively for direct Wines in 1996. So it has been sleeping in the bottle for 23 years, which is longer than it has...

Score 85/100

Auchentoshan Valinch 2011 Release

I was excited at the prospect of getting some Auchentoshan at Cask Strength, even though in this case it meant getting it hand-carried to me from Ontario. The reviewed bottle has been open 4 1/2 months, is 95% full, and has been preserved with inert gas for all of that time. Auchentoshan Valinch is reported to be the undiluted version of what...

Score 87/100

Auchentoshan 12 Year Old 2007 Samurai Signatory Vintage for Kirsch Import

Kirsch Import is a German importer of spirits and in collaboration with Signatory Vintage from Pitlochry they launched the so-called Samurai series which (currently) consists of 6 releases, all single casks of malts that got a sherry butt finish. There is a Ben Nevis 2013, Caol Ila 2007, Craigellachie 2009, Glenlivet 2006, Glentauchers 2009,...

Score 85/100

Auchentoshan 9 Year Old 2006 Distillery Only Bordeaux Wine Cask #205

This is another one that you could only get your hands on by filling it yourself after your visit to the distillery. I got the bottle from my German friend Michael. It is a malt that matured for 9 years in a red wine barrel from Bordeaux. The nose perfectly balances between sweet notes of banana, apricots, red fruit and candied agrums and earthy...

Score 87/100