Lindores Abbey The Exclusive Cask (cask 2018/0386) | 700ML

Smashing single malt from the young Lindores Abbey distillery, based on the original site of the first written reference to the production of Scotch whisky in 1494! The current distillery fired up its stills in 2017, and in 2018 this single malt was produced, using barley grown entirely in Fife, and fermented for a lengthy 119 hours. Filled into a cask that previously held Kentucky's Old Forester Bourbon, the cask was opened in June 2022, yielding a total of 246 cask strength bottles.

Lindores Abbey The Exclusive Cask (cask 2018/0386) | 700ML Tasting Notes

Nose: Apple blossom, crunchy pear, and marshmallow sweetness, with creamy vanilla, and freshly baked croissant.

Palate: Creamy and delicate, with tarte Tatin, floral honey, gently spicy oak, green malt, and more of that pear in tow.

Finish: Floral summer meadow, and peaches and cream linger.

Distillery Information

Right, this one is going to go back pretty far. Cast your mind back to 1494. Might be tough, but do your best. So, it's over 500 years ago, and you'd like some whisky. What do you do? If you're King James IV, what you do is commission Brother John Cor of Lindores Abbey in Fife to make you some aqua vitae with eight bolls of malt. That is in fact what happened, and it is now officially recognised as the first recorded distillation of Scotch whisky. Fast forward to 1912, and Lindores Abbey was sold to the family of current owners Drew and Helen Mackenzie Smith, the husband-and-wife team who act as custodians of the historic grounds. In 2013, the family embarked on a £10 million project that would bring Scotch whisky distillation back to the place of its first recorded occurrence. Eventually, in October 2017, the Lindores Abbey Distillery was opened, with the first spirits running from the still soon afterwards. The late Jim Swan was brought on board to offer expertise and guidance, helping with the design of the still shape and cask recipes. In June 2021, the first single malt Scotch whisky from Lindores Abbey was released to the public, bearing the name Lindores Abbey MCDXCIV, a reference to the historic distillation that happened in the very same place in 1494.

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