Glenkinchie – 2009/2026 17 y.o. 1st Fill Oloroso Sherry Cask #300011 Highland Laird (70cl, 56.5%)

A 17-year-old Lowland single malt from Glenkinchie, distilled on 13 January 2009 and bottled in 2026 from cask 300011 by independent bottler Bartels Whisky Ltd under the Highland Laird series. After initial maturation it received a three-year finish in a first fill Oloroso hogshead, yielding 265 bottles at 56.5% without chill filtration or colouring. The first fill Oloroso hogshead gives the fruity, malty Lowland malt a pronounced sherry and nut side, with raisins and sweet fruit against increasingly dry oak spice. The nose brings apple, pear, honey and fresh malt with dried orange, roasted nuts, raisins, gentle oak, floral accents and vanilla; the palate baked apple, caramelised pear, malt, raisins, orange marmalade and walnut with roasted almonds, caramel, cinnamon and pepper; and the finish is long and gradually drier, with roasted oak, nuts, citrus peel and mild spice with a fine pepper note.