Fettercairn 12-year-old (D.2008, B.2020) Douglas Laing's Old Particular / 48.4%%/ 0.7l
- Fettercairn Distillery was founded by Sir Alexander Ramsey in 1824. Since 1973 it has been owned by Whyte & Mackay, which in turn was acquired by Emperador Inc. in 2014.
Product description
The Fettercairn Distillery was built in 1824 by Sir Alexander Ramsay.
Since 1973, it has been owned by Whyte & Mackay, whose assets were acquired in 2014 by the Filipino brandy producer, Emperador Inc. The plant uses a unique distillation technique - during the collection of the middle fraction, the neck of the still is cooled by water, which increases the contact of the vapours with the copper and, as a result, a more delicate distillate. The whisky presented here, distilled in May 2008, was aged in a refilled hogshead cask no. DL 14164 for 12 years. Bottled in August 2020 at 48.4% abv and without chill filtration by Douglas Laing & Co. in the popular Old Particular series in an edition of 354 bottles.
Nose : barley malt, oatmeal, vanilla, brown sugar, butter cookies, green apples, pears, fresh herbs, hay and oak shavings.
Palate : sweet breakfast cereals, honey, vanilla, sweet bread, stewed apples and pears, walnuts, lemongrass, ginger, a pinch of pepper and oak.
Finish : medium long, with notes of sweet bread, vanilla, licorice, apples, a touch of white pepper and oak.