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Dornoch 5 Year Old, Ex-Islay Quarter Cask, 2025, 57.5%
Thompson Bros

Dornoch 5 Year Old, Ex-Islay Quarter Cask, 2025, 57.5%

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TypeSingle Malt Whisky
MRI
MRI 13
Average Score
N.A
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Description

A small malt distillery in Scotland with a focus on traditional whisky making practices. It was established in 2016 by brothers, Simon and Phil Thompson, and produces both single malt whisky and gin. Philip & Simon Thompson announced their plans for the Dornoch distillery back in 2015, with a successful crowd-funding campaign in 0 2016 leading to the establishment of the distillery on-site at Dornoch Castle Hotel; one of the World's leading whisky bars in Dornoch owned by the Thompson brothers. Housed in the Old Fire Station on the grounds of Dornoch Castle Hotel, the brothers are focussed on making a style of whisky that has been long extinct, using floor malted organic heritage barley varieties to make it, and utilising long fermentations with brewers varieties of yeast in their wooden washbacks.

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Whisky AuctioneerAuction Sold Price - Aug 10, 2026SGD 198.71
Scotch Whisky AuctionsAuction Sold Price - Apr 12, 2026SGD 216.66
Scotch Whisky AuctionsAuction Sold Price - Apr 12, 2026SGD 256.06
Cask type
Ex-Islay Quarter Cask
Bottling
Official Bottling
Peated
Peated
Single cask
No
Non-chill filtered
Yes
Cask origin
N.A
Cask no.
N.A
Batch
N.A
PPM
N.A
Barley
Organic Floor Malted Maris Otter barley
Fermentation
9 days
Master distiller (bottling)
N.A
Master distiller (distillation)
N.A
Limited edition
Yes
Bottle count
513
Has box
Yes
Closure
Driven Cork
Presentation
Box
Series highlights
N.A
Historical context
N.A
Special release
N.A
Allocation
N.A
Nose
The nose opens with a fairly light, tropical aroma, lots of fruit, pineapple, mango, moving into more orchard fruits such as pears and crisp green apples. There's something a little effervescent here too, like a spritzy, fairly acidic white wine, and as we get deeper into the glass we start to notice the faintest hints of an earthy smoke that sits in the background. Freshly churned butter, sandpaper and vanilla wafers.
Palate
The palate opens with lime cordial, melon balls, sherbet, apple sauce, puff candy and a little menthol towards the finish. It's quite a bold dram, with lots of upfront flavour and it develops quickly as it sits on our tongues. The mouthfeel is good, fairly oily, and there's a light smoke, slightly phenolic, that sits alongside cocoa nibs in the background. It's got a bit of spice, not peppery, not chili, but more of an intense fizziness, quite unique.
Finish
As we allow the finish to linger, we're getting something akin to Lilt, or a tropical fruit soda drink.
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