LBD Spirits Orkney 2001

Notes from the Bottlers:

It’s not Scapa or we’d tell you.
This is a vatting of two refill hogsheads, sister casks with low fill levels. Low fill levels aren’t great for yield, but they do make magnificently oxidised whisky. We know we’re preaching to the converted here, but refill wood really gave this spirit the space and time it needed to get to this point. We think good refill wood is one of the things that really separates Scotch whisky from the world whiskies, allowing for longer maturation times without the spirit being dominated by wood.

Faint peat comes across here as distant smoke, not dominating but seasoning the spirit, adding to the salinity and depth, but with that sweet fruitiness that only comes from age. It’s right up our street and we think cracking value.
Puffins on the label because they’re the coolest seabirds ever and make for a better label than the Churchill barriers that Chris wanted to use.
Exceptional value, well aged single malt, you know you want some

Filled – 30/08/2001
Bottled – 21/07/2026
Non-chill filtered with no added colour and bottled at cask strength.
Only 428 bottles were produced.

COLOUR
Polished buttons

NOSE
Salted caramel, apple skins, petrichor

PALATE
Raspberry ripple ice cream, mother’s pride plain loaf, grilled red peppers

FINISH
Smoked Almonds and quince jelly.

ABV 53.1%