Many of you may of already tried a Lochlea which is great, here I feel they are really starting to set their mark with the type of whisky they want to be releasing and I’m looking forward in to the future to more of their seasonal releases to enjoy they flavor profiles they are building.
So here they’ve grown the barley on their farm, produced the spirit and aged it in a combination of Port pipes, ex-oloroso sherry cask and ex-bourbon wood to create this luxuriously Autumnal fruit/late summer fruit spirit. It leads with pear drops and stewed apples with balance coming in the form of the sweet barley back bone. The palate is instantly sweet barley and the summer fruits from the Port pipes comes through hand in hand with a soft spice.
Lovely, we’re currently trying to get a few more bottles – if we do you guys will be the first to know. I think it would be good to get bottles into drams as well as the ballot so everyone is winning!