Adelphi Ben Nevis 2015 5 Years Old Highland

Limit of 1 per customer 1 of only 620 bottles / Cask# 10711 / 1st Fill Oloroso Sherry ButtMatured in a first fill Oloroso sherry puncheon, this is mahogany in colour with a light bead. A deeply savoury nose swimming with aromas of new welly boots, Marmite, beef jus, star anise, soy and oyster sauces, Black Forest gâteaux and rich game. The palate continues with fig chutney, Soreen malt loaf, licorice, green tea, beef jerky and kicap manis. An almost edible finish, not for the faint hearted. This is heady, chunky stuff!Ben Nevis sits just at the base of its namesake, Scotland’s highest mountain. 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, which are both sited a good way up the mountain. The distillery was founded in 1825, by the gloriously named ‘Long John’ MacDonald, for whom the renowned Long John blended Scotch was named.