Glen Scotia Double Cask Red Wine Cask Finish Single Malt Scotch Whisky | 700ML

A fine addition to the year 2025 is this edition of Glen Scotia Double Cask. Initially aged in first-fill bourbon barrels, which harness those classic maritime Glen Scotia notes and complement them with lots of American oak sweetness, the Campbeltown single malt Scotch whisky then spent nine months in Bordeaux red wine casks to add layers of red berry vibrancy, oaky richness, and tannic spice.

Glen Scotia Double Cask Red Wine Cask Finish Single Malt Scotch Whisky | 700ML Tasting Notes

Nose: Strawberry laces, vanilla, peppery spice, Frazzles, oyster shells, and coffee fudge. There's a tart hint of raspberry, too, as well as a coconut sweetness typical of American oak.

Palate: It's very elegant and pretty thanks to all the red fruit and cakey sweetness, but there's an edge of Glen Scotia maritime muscle keeping things rounded and complex. Strawberry jam, vanilla icing, aromatic baking spices, wine-stained oak, seaweed, salted caramel flapjacks, and black pepper grounds. Like a Victoria Sponge Cake, if it were made by a Greyjoy.

Finish: Beach BBQ, redcurrant, cockles, cinnamon, and caramel.

Distillery Information

Glen Scotia is one of just three distilleries in Campbeltown producing single malt at the moment (along with Springbank and Glengyle). It was founded in 1832 by Stewart, Galbraith and Co and sited to the north of the town. The distillery draws its cooling waters from the Crosshill Loch and two bore holes, drilled over twenty metres into the rock below. Campbeltown was the capital of Scotch whisky production before the US Prohibition was enacted. There were some twenty-eight distilleies, though after the act was passed only three survived. Glen Scotia was acquired by West Highland Malt Distillers in 1919 and five years later the company went bankrupt. Duncan MacCallum, a director, purchased the company. The distillery was closed again in 1928 and a couple of years later, following great financial trouble, Duncan MacCallum threw himself into the very loch from which the Glen Scotia distillery draws its water. It is said that his ghost haunts the distillery. Glen Scotia survived the Second World War, having restarted production in 1933 after the repeal of Prohibition. In 1954, Hiram Walker acquired the distillery and shortly after it was purchased by A Gillies and Co.

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