Scallywag The Chocolate Edition 2022 / 48%/ 0.7l
- The Scallywag brand was introduced by Douglas Laing & Co. in the fall of 2013.
Product description
Scallywag is the Speyside representative in Douglas Laing & Co.’s Remarkable Regional Malts series. Its formula is built around the region’s heavyweights – Macallan, Mortlach and Glenrothes – and debuted in 2013.
While the standard Scallywag is a blend of “sherry cask-aged whiskies balanced with first-fill bourbon casks,” the Chocolate Edition creation features only the former. The “Chocolate Edition” was first released in 2018 in a run of 300 bottles. This fifth edition celebrates World Chocolate Day on July 7. It uses sherry cask-aged whiskies with a cocoa-chocolate profile. 3,600 bottles were released.
Nose: chocolate cake, roasted almonds, black cherries, plums, orange peel, honey, cinnamon, nutmeg, a pinch of pepper and cigar box.
Palate: dark chocolate, sherry, toffee, caramel, marzipan, hazelnuts, dried plums and cherries, raisins, cinnamon, cloves and oak.
Finish: quite long, with notes of dark chocolate, espresso, dried fruit, cinnamon, cloves and oak.