This 21 Year Old Old Pulteney Single Malt Scotch is a marriage of whiskies matured in ex-bourbon casks with spirit from ex-Oloroso sherry casks. Mostly second fill American oak, plus some Spanish oak first fill. However when compared with the 17 year old, there is a higher proportion of ex-Oloroso sherry cask used for this.
Old Pulteney 21 Year Old was voted '2012 World Whisky of the Year' by Jim Murray's Whisky Bible. Scoring a record-equalling 97.5 points out of 100, it is only the third time that a single malt has ever won the prestigious award, and Old Pulteney was just the second Scottish distillery to do so.
Golden amber with straw highlights, it is full-bodied with traces of fruits (apples and pears), slightly fragrant with spicy overtones. The palate is creamy, toffee, vanilla, baked red apple with a hint of smokiness and a dry finish.
On the most northerly shores of Scotland, where the North Sea meets the Caithness coast, there is a town; home to a whisky which captures the very essence of its location. This is Wick and we are Old Pulteney; the maritime malt.
