Ben Nevis MacDonald's Celebrated Traditional Malt Scotch Whisky

Majority matured in Sherry casks (the remainder x Bourbon), reports have this to be at least 5 years old, but with material up to 13 years of age. Self described as an attempt to replicate the spirit produced at Ben Nevis in 1882, malt is sourced from Port Ellen Maltings on Islay (peated to around 35ppm) - which means this is smokey, but in an ashy/sooty way rather than a maritime way, and it's also non chill filtered. To reflect its heritage, the label is derived from an historic bottle in the distillery’s possession dating back to the 1880s. At that time, Ben Nevis was producing peated malt spirit under the directorship of Donald Peter McDonald (son of the famous Long John McDonald) for use in the then world famous 'Dew of Ben Nevis'. Typically it was bottled as a relatively young whisky. Putting it all together you get a faithful replica of an ‘old-Highlands’ style.

Ben Nevis MacDonald's Celebrated Traditional Malt Scotch Whisky Tasting Notes

Nose: A thick, malty nose with attractive aromas of polished floorboards and damp cedar developing with fig jam, ripe apricot, hazelnut chocolate, soot and trace lanolin.

Palate: Really dense. A chewy, oily delivery; lively spices fanning out with a burst of sooty peat. Drying, but keenly balanced with smoke and fresh oak rounding out the mid palate richness.

Finish: A small amount of water draws out the latent fruitiness and sweetens the profile. Great stuff.

Distillery Information

Ben Nevis distillery is a distillery in Scotland that distills Ben Nevis 10 Years Old and Ben Nevis 21 Years Old whisky. It is at Lochy Bridge in Fort William and sits just at the base of Ben Nevis, the highest mountain in the British Isles, which rises to 1,345 m (4,413 ft) above sea level. A coastal distillery in the Western Highlands, Ben Nevis draws its water from the Allt a’Mhuilinn which originates from two pools, Coire Leis and Coire na’Ciste. Founded in 1825 as an independent enterprise, it has been owned by Nikka Whisky Distilling of Tokyo, Japan, since 1989.

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