Product description
In April 2013, Murray McDavid was acquired by Aceo Ltd, a whisky broker based in the disused Coleburn Distillery.
A new range of six batches soon followed: Mission Gold, Benchmark, Select Grain, The Vatting, Crafted Blend and Mystery Malt. The Peatside Blended Malt Batch #4 presented here represents “The Vatting” line and is a blend of undisclosed single malts distilled in 2011 and originally aged in refill hogsheads before being finished in two port barriques. Bottled in 2019 at 50% abv and unchill-filtered.
Nose: vanilla, toffee, milk chocolate, orange jam, nectarines, cherries, traces of hay and pine resin and peat smoke in the background.
Palate: milk chocolate, cappuccino, vanilla, orange peel, plums, peaches, gooseberries, a touch of cinnamon and cloves and some smoke in the background.
Finish: medium long, with notes of peat smoke, summer fruits, toffee, milk chocolate and a hint of spice.