Whisky Douglas Laing, Glen Spey 14 Years Old, 1997, gift box, 0.7 L
Reviews of purchase Douglas Laing, Glen Spey 14 Years Old, 1997, gift box, 0.7 L
Tasting Notes
Whisky a golden yellow color.
Taste whiskey sleek and slim, lightweight and extremely clean, with notes of rose water, fruits and berries. The finish is rather short, with nuances of menthol and powdered sugar.
Sweet aroma of whiskey filled with floral notes, especially Parma violets and tulips, joined by shades of dry grass and fat.
Whiskey is beautiful in its pure form as a digestif.
Interesting Facts
Allt-A-Bhainne 13 Years Old, 1996 - incredibly clean, light and sweet malt whiskey. This bottling - is quite rare, especially when you consider that most of the whiskey Alt-E Wayne used to create blended whiskey. Allt-A-Bhainne was distilled in December 1996 and designed in a large barrel (hogshead) for 13 years, until July 2010. In whiskey production process and is colored caramel does not undergo cold filtration. Pouring whiskey in a series of "Old Malt Cask" Company undertook Douglas Laing. The release of only 256 bottles.
A collection of "Old Malt Cask" is of the best spirits of different regions of Scotland. Barrels of the highest quality for this collection personally selects from the warehouses of the company Hunter Laing. Whiskey is bottled at the optimal time to "catch" and demonstrate the unique properties of each instance.
The name of the distillery Allt-A-Bhainne has Gaelic roots and means "Burn the milk." The plant was built in 1975 by Chivas on the slopes Benrinnes, in Speyside, close to Dafftaun. The main purpose of Alt-E Wayne was to ensure uninterrupted supply of single malt whiskey for blends Chivas Regal, but later, due to the increasing demand for the products the plant has been established and an independent whiskey, which has taken a worthy place among the aged whiskey, other than sweet fruit and spicy taste and aroma. The capacity of the plant was significantly expanded in 1989, and the annual production amounted to 4 million liters of alcohol. The plant is currently owned by Pernod Ricard.
Company Douglas Laing and Co, headed today brothers Fred and Stewart Laing, was founded by their father, Fred Douglas in 1948. Brothers successfully expanded the product range and entered the world market with great samples. The peculiarity of the company is a huge stock of different malts past 50 years. Douglas Laing and Co produces single malt whiskey and odnobochkovoy and blended.