Old Pulteney 23 Year Old Bourbon Casks

Old Pulteney Blackadder Raw Cask 1990/2004 #3951

Incidentally while I was tasting this dram, I was listening to the 2013 album of Swedish metal band Amon Amarth, The Deceiver of the Gods. One particular song was playing that, in my eyes perfectly captured the spirit of this whisky: The Shape Shifter, a song about the Nordic god Loki. For legal reasons I will not refer to this whisky as...

Score 90/100

Old Pulteney WK209

Just like its sibling, Old Pulteney WK209 is named after the registration number of a herring boat called “Good Hope” and based in Wick harbour. In its time, it was a unique boat that was different from all the others. Contrary to WK499, the new WK209 is matured entirely in first-fill European sherry oak. There’s no age statement on the bottle,...

Score 78/100

Old Pulteney Navigator

Old Pulteney Navigator is a recently released No Age Statement malt which combines whisky matured in both bourbon and sherry oak. The reviewed bottle was opened 18 days ago, sampled then and sampled from a decanted sample from that bottle today Nose: with just 18 days of air time, perfumed and floral sherry is very noticeable in the nose, together...

Score 84/100

Old Pulteney 40 Year Old

Nose: Old wooden furniture lacquer , with some fruit and sugared peel of red grapefruit. Chocolate coated citrus candied fruit. Spices and gentle cinnamon and clove. Hint of apple peel, and maybe a drop of pear juice. The slightest hint of brine, but almost unnoticeable. Palate: Cpicy. Cherries. Grapefruit. Apple. Dark chocolate Bon bons. Vanilla....

Score 93/100