Ruadh Maor 2012/2024 - 12 yo - 1st Fill Oloroso Hogshead #300 (Best Dram)

Volume: 0.7 liters | Alcohol content: 55.9% | Not chill-filtered | No coloring

Tasting Notes

Nose: Warm, bacony smoke meets fruity sweetness against a background of subtle mulled wine candies. Nuts, fruit and sweetness gradually come to the fore.

Palate: Creamy, fruity-sweet palate pleaser with very well-integrated alcohol. The warm, only slightly bacony smoke appears quite late and more discreetly than in the nose. As the wine becomes increasingly dry towards the end, the smoke returns.

Finish: Long, smoky, fruity and sweet, with decreasing intensity.

Description

In the tenth anniversary year of his brand, the whisky druid is once again showing what he knows about cask magic with two new bottlings. The independent bottler selects his best drams personally and on site in Scotland's whisky regions, bottles them neither chill-filtered nor colored, and always at cask strength as single casks.

Possibly Scotland's oldest still active distillery shows its peated side with the Ruadh Maor (Glenturret) 2012/2024. Matured in a first fill Oloroso Sherry Hogshead, the single cask nestles on the palate with warm, bacony smoke and fruity sweetness.

facts

vintage	2012
bottling year	2024
Distilled	July 3, 2012
Bottled	July 15, 2024
Old	12
barrel types	1st Fill Oloroso Sherry Hogshead
barrel number	300
number of bottles filled	300
best-before date
dyed	No
dye	0
country	Scotland
region	Highlands
Distillery	Glenturret
bottler	Michel Reick
bottling series	Best Dram