Description
* * One of a number of themed series of independent bottlings from the Archives brand. First bottled in 2012, each label from this collection features a different fish species found in the Pacific Ocean surrounding Samoa on its label.
Archives
A Speyside Distillery Fishes of Samoa 21 Year Old, Bourbon Barrel Cask, Cask #98201, 1998, Archives, 54%
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TypeSingle Malt Whisky
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Overall Rating
89.5/100
Great89.5 / 100
Based on 2 published Maltiply reviews.
- Nose
- Soft sherry, hazelnut milk chocolates, soft leather gloves and fruity espresso; bright with candied cherry and orange; doughy and silky, slightly tropical, lots of layers. Dried fruits like raisins and blueberries, hint of oranges and lemon, leather and furniture polish. With water, apricot jam and honey appear.
- Palate
- Round, fruity, sherried and smooth; classic profile of a rounded sherry bomb; more leather, chocolate and also some tobacco and treacle; candied fruits abound with flambéed banana as well as ripe mango and papaya; nutty component, hazelnuts and pistachio. Chocolate covered peanuts, sulfur, brine, cinnamon. With water, salt mixes in with spice.
- Finish
- Long, elegant and very sherried. Quite dry, less so with water, some honey. Peanut, strawberry, cola, cinnamon, Nutella.
Reviews
Ffernwren27 Sept
90 / 100
The 21-year-old Speyside single malt sounds warmly layered: sherry meets chocolate, nuts and candied fruit, while a drier finish adds some balance. That mix feels inviting without leaning on sweetness alone.
Nose: Soft sherry, hazelnut milk chocolate, candied cherry and orange, With water, apricot jam and honeyPalate: Sherry, chocolate, hazelnuts, candied fruit and ripe mango, With water, salt mixes with spiceFinish: Quite dry, with peanut, strawberry, cola and cinnamon, Less dry with water, with some honey
Ssnowline.fox3 Sept
89 / 100
Sherry-rich at 54% ABV.
Nose: No tasting notes yetPalate: No tasting notes yetFinish: No tasting notes yet
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Recently Sold
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- Region
- Speyside
- Age
- 21 Years
- Vintage
- 1998
- Bottled
- 2020
- ABV
- 54%
- Volume
- 70cl
- Distillery
- Archives
- Origin
- Scotland
- Cask type
- Bourbon Barrel
- Bottling
- Independent Bottling - Archives
- Peated
- Unpeated
- Single cask
- Yes
- Non-chill filtered
- Yes
- Cask origin
- N.A
- Cask no.
- 98201
- Batch
- N.A
- PPM
- N.A
- Barley
- N.A
- Fermentation
- N.A
- Master distiller (bottling)
- N.A
- Master distiller (distillation)
- N.A
- Limited edition
- Yes
- Bottle count
- N.A
- Has box
- N.A
- Closure
- Cork
- Presentation
- N.A
- Series highlights
- Fishes of Samoa
- Historical context
- N.A
- Special release
- N.A
- Allocation
- N.A
- Nose
- Soft sherry, hazelnut milk chocolates, soft leather gloves and fruity espresso; bright with candied cherry and orange; doughy and silky, slightly tropical, lots of layers. Dried fruits like raisins and blueberries, hint of oranges and lemon, leather and furniture polish. With water, apricot jam and honey appear.
- Palate
- Round, fruity, sherried and smooth; classic profile of a rounded sherry bomb; more leather, chocolate and also some tobacco and treacle; candied fruits abound with flambéed banana as well as ripe mango and papaya; nutty component, hazelnuts and pistachio. Chocolate covered peanuts, sulfur, brine, cinnamon. With water, salt mixes in with spice.
- Finish
- Long, elegant and very sherried. Quite dry, less so with water, some honey. Peanut, strawberry, cola, cinnamon, Nutella.