The colour resembles Haribo peach candy melted on the dashboard on a hot summer's day – Little Brown Dog found a Glentauchers cask that lacked a bit of depth, and paired it with a French dessert wine to give it life.
Expert's Description
Little Brown Dog buys casks from distilleries across Scotland and bottles them under their own brand, always marked with the little brown dog that's the company's signature. This Glentauchers cask was, in their own assessment, a good but slightly characterless whisky, which they chose to pair with a cask from the sweet French dessert wine Pineau des Charentes to add fruit and richness.
The result is bottled at cask strength, 58.9%, non-chill-filtered and with natural colour. Only 285 bottles were made of this single cask release.
Tasting Notes
Nose
Apricot marmalade on buttered wholegrain bread.
Palate
Peach cobbler, creamy ice cream with tiny black vanilla flecks and notes of white tea.
Finish
Well-made crème brûlée, tinned peach juice and rye spice.
Specifications
Name: Glentauchers 2013/2024 Pineau des Charentes Cask Finish Little Brown Dog Single Malt Whisky 70cl 58.9%
Distillery: Glentauchers
Bottler: Little Brown Dog
Region/Country: Speyside, Scotland
Type: Single Malt Scotch Whisky
Vintage: Distilled: 2013, Bottled: 2024
Age: approx. 11 years
Cask type: Bourbon cask + Pineau des Charentes barrique
Bottles: 285
ABV: 58.9%
Size: 70 CL
Filtration: Non-chill-filtered
Colour: Natural colour
Flavour Profile
Fruity · Sweet · Creamy · Wine-driven
Investment Potential
With only 285 bottles from a single cask carrying an unusual Pineau des Charentes finish, this whisky belongs to the single cask releases that often attract collectors as bottles become harder to find.
Did You Know?
Pineau des Charentes is a French dessert wine from the Cognac region, made from grape juice and cognac. Casks that have held this wine are rare in the whisky world and give a very distinctive, fruity sweetness.
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