Mannochmore 11 Year Old Pedro Ximenez Cask Finish (Darkness) Single Malt Scotch Whisky | 500ML

A big bold, sherried single malt from Mannochmore, brought to us as part of the independent Darkness collection. This whisky spent 11 years maturing, including a finish in Pedro Ximénez sherry octave casks. Smaller casks ensure greater interaction between whisky and wood, in this case bringing treacly sweetness and soft spice to the old-school malt at its heart.

Mannochmore 11 Year Old Pedro Ximenez Cask Finish (Darkness) Single Malt Scotch Whisky | 500ML Tasting Notes

Nose: Warehouse-y, old-school profile. Then brighter, fresher, with cherries and cream.

Palate: The ABV goes largely unnoticed, with soft, gentle notes of brown sugar, prunes and treacly sweetness.

Finish: An underrated distillery absolutely shining in PX with red fruits, orange rind, and gingerbread.

Distillery Information

The Mannochmore distillery lies just south of Elgin in Morayshire, at the heart of Speyside. The distillery shares not only a site, but also the watersource - the Bardon Burn - with the Glenlossie distillery. However, Mannochmore is considerably larger; the three pairs of stills have a combined total capacity of 3.22 million litres annually. The site asserts a decidedly industrial aesthetic; there are onsite warehouses which boast space for 200,000 casks. Accordingly, the current owners Diageo use the space to store maturing spirit from other distilleries in addition to that of Mannochmore. The site also hosts a dark grains plant, processing draff and pot ale. Equally sizeable, the facility processes 1000 tonnes of dark grains for animal feed every week. The whisky distillery was built in 1971 by Scottish Malt Distillers, later to become a part of Diageo. It was managed by John Haig and Co. It was only comparatively recently - in 1992 - that single malt Scotch whisky was released from Mannochmore; for many years it had been a blending component and was a constituent of Haig blends.

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