Wemyss Malts Wemyss Malts Velvet Fig Bottled 2014 1 Of 6.000 Bottles 46% NAS

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Gal Granov:

It’s almost XMAS time and what better time to release new whiskies for the holiday season? I suspect we’re about to see many such products in the following weeks, and the latest is a very interesting Blended Malt by the name of Velvet Fig. Do not be alarmed, There is no added figs or anything (as I’ve been asked by some readers) , it’s only Wemyss Malt’s way of naming their whiskies, based on aromas and flavours of their whisky. As I’ve said Knowing their customers’ passion for whiskies matured in ex Sherry casks, Wemyss Malts has created this no-age statement expression to diversify their existing line-up and is its first blended malt to be non-chill-filtered and bottled at 46% abv. It is a limited release of just 6,000 bottles globally, and is presented in a gift carton and available in specialist spirits stores. The emphasis here is on Sherry casks, to get a thick sweet dried fruit and fig character with spices…