Description
A Vatted Malt such as this is what the Scotch Whisky industry would call a 'marriage of malts'. This very bottling carries a big, peaty (often called phenolic), salty, beachy, oceanic, ashy and rather chimney-sooty selection of Malts from the magical whisky island of Islay! All Christmas we believe that sootiness is particularly appropriate as it highlights the entry route down the chimney of Santa Claus himself! Ally these robust Malts selected for Big Peat to the fact that no chill filtration takes place - a nicely old-fashioned approach - and you will detect a massive amplification of maritime and bonfire qualities on the nose, palate and finish. Our Christmas bottling is filled at natural cask strength and will remain uncommonly leisurely on a chilly, snowy evening - in the same style these Malts have waited patiently for you in the cold, dark warehouses of Islay.