In the middle of last decade, right about when W&M started renaming Old Fettercairn Fettercairn 1824, there was a bunch of single casks bottled, primarily for the japanese/asian market. I have gotten hold of some of these rare bottlings and will taste one of them for you, and of course myself, right now.
Fettercairn 1824 15yo 1989-2005 64% OB cask 2454 btl.54/260
Some of the print is hand-signed. This comes from "white oak", which I guess means bourbon wood in this case? A very high strength after almost 16 years on oak. Good fill level in the bottle as well. A lot of 1989 casks have been released as singles by Fettercairn, and other distilleries as well, must have been a good year? The color on this one is deep amber. It smells of peat, honey, sage, lacquer, latex, rubber, choriander, sweet grapes, phenolic, sweet phenols? Smoky and peaty phenolic whisky, quite beasty, and on a personal note, AMAZING!!! The taste is sweet, sugar, honey, leather, peaty, just a bit too spirity, but thankfully I have some water right by my side (as always). Adding two teaspoons. Now it turns more peaty, waxy, drying, rubbery, I'm starting to wonder, well I'm actually getting more and more convinced, this comes from a white fino cask, one that makes a whisky bitter, brutal and quite superb! I've never ever had a Fettercairn that resembles this one before, and its hard to make a fair score. But for me, this is a must have for any real Fettercairn fan, as it shows how this malt really lets the oak do the talking and merely provides a small sweet contrast itself. The nose was outstanding, but the palate needs just a bit of water to release its potential, but so does most sherried whiskies, right?
Fettercairn in Fino casks, watch out for those: 8
Next tasting: MEAD!!!
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