{"product_id":"speyside-gl-16-year-old-signatory-vintage-100-proof-exceptional-1st-fill-oloroso-cask-7-speyside-single-malt-whisky-2024-3cl-sample","title":"Speyside (GL) 16 Year Old Signatory Vintage 100 Proof Exceptional 1st Fill Oloroso Cask #7 Speyside Single Malt Whisky (2024) 3cl Sample","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 28px;\"\u003eSpeyside (GL) 16 Year Old Signatory Vintage 100 Proof Exceptional 1st Fill Oloroso Cask #7 Speyside Single Malt Whisky (2024) 3cl Sample\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cnav\u003e\u003c\/nav\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis long-aged single malt comes from an unnamed Speyside distillery that's probably not hard to guess from the label. It was bottled for Signatory Vintage's Imperial 100 Proof collection, a lauded collection of single malts bottled at 57.1% and often with a focus on sherry-cask maturation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis small batch 16-year-old Speyside (GL) came from a small batch of first fill oloroso sherry hogsheads and, as ever with this series, it clocks in at a very robust 57.1%, equivalent to the old 100-proof in the old UK Imperial system. By now you’ve probably worked out what this is, but even if you haven’t this is clearly an amazing deal.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eTasting Notes \u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNose : \u003cspan\u003elong, pleasantly warming, chocolatey fruity sweetness mixed with tartness and acidic accents, coffee notes.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePalate : \u003cspan\u003elots of sweetness with a slight tartness, sweet and coffee-like fruit, chocolate predominating over fruit.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFinish : \u003cspan\u003eintense, pleasant, burnt sugar, oak, a bit of cellar dampness, coffee, a drop of soy sauce, plum jam, dried apricots, walnuts, chocolate, vanilla notes.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 20px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout Signatory Vintage\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePerthshire-based independent bottler and owner of Edradour distillery. Signatory is an independent bottler with a vigorous release policy, and usually some 50 different single malt expressions are available at any one time. Whiskies are bottled across a number of ranges, including the Un-chill Filtered Collection, the Cask Strength Collection and the Single Grain Collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSignatory bottling, bonding and office facilities are located in a building adjacent to Edradour distillery, near Pitlochry in Perthshire, which the company also owns. Signatory Vintage Scotch Whisky was established in 1988 by Andrew Symington, who had previously managed the prestigious Prestonfield House Hotel in Edinburgh. The first cask bottled by Symington was a 1968 Sherry-cask-matured Glenlivet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSignatory was initially based in the Newhaven area of Edinburgh, where a bottling plant was developed, but in 2002 the firm acquired Edradour distillery from Pernod Ricard, and subsequently moved all of its operations north to the picturesque Perthshire location.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA new bottling plant and a warehousing complex were constructed, strictly in keeping with the vernacular architectural style which prevails at the much-visited and diminutive former farm distillery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e57.1% ABV\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e70cl\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Glenlivet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54524494577989,"sku":"000527","price":5.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0941\/9495\/8661\/files\/4734389779_29cd1ad7-f3e1-4852-95fa-1481555749ed.jpg?v=1746552639","url":"https:\/\/b1yyjg-bk.myshopify.com\/products\/speyside-gl-16-year-old-signatory-vintage-100-proof-exceptional-1st-fill-oloroso-cask-7-speyside-single-malt-whisky-2024-3cl-sample","provider":"Whisky Situation Old","version":"1.0","type":"link"}