Fettercairn 12 Year Old Whisky (cask 107721)

Product Description

KEY FACTS ABOUT THIS WHISKY

Distillery:  Fettercairn

Region: Highlands, Scotland

Age: 12 years old

Year distilled: 2006

ABV: cask strength of 55.7%

Cask ref: 107721

Cask type: first fill ex-bourbon

Bottle outturn: 225

Bottle

Size: 700ml 

Nose: Light cereal with subtle malt, straw & delicate fruits that pull a hint of aniseed behind them.

Palate:  Gentle & sweet, with more intense malt & straw notes.

Finish: Lots of vanilla, oak & subtle caramel drizzled over peaches & cream. 

Fettercairn is one of Richard Paterson’s experimental sites, where he investigates the magical properties of wood. We like to imagine Whyte & Mackay’s moustachioed master blender in a labcoat conducting his mad experiments in Fettercairn’s surprisingly modern dunnage warehouse. But maybe that’s just us. Besides the warehouse, everything at Fettercairn is pretty traditional. They even have an open-topped mash tun, which is pretty old-school, & the stills have soap grinders on the sides. This whisky is a product of those traditional methods & maturation in ex-bourbon to produce a intriguing whisky.