Old Pulteney

Product Description

A Highland single malt, these have a rounded, firm, dry character with some peatiness. The Old Pulteney distillery in Wick holds the record for being the most northern distillery on the British mainland. Just eighteen miles south of John O Groats, this windswept town has housed its small and traditional distillery since 1826. Historically the stills were fired by peat, and the water used from the Loch of Hempriggs was prized for its peatiness. The geographical location and close proximity to the ocean seems to have a profound effect on this amber malt, claiming a nose of salt and sea spray together with a sweeter trace of walnut cake, whilst being clean and aromatic on the palate.

Ref: 76341