William Lawson first entered the whisky trade in 1888, when he was working as exports manager at E&J Burke’s blending, bottling and export company in Dublin, where the name W. Lawson & Co was registered the following year. Blending and bottling operations were maintained in Dublin until 1923, when they were moved to Liverpool.
In September 1963 Clan Munro Whisky (part of the Italian vermouth and sparkling wine specialist Martini & Rossi) bought the Lawson’s trademark. In 1969 came the creation of William Lawson Whisky Ltd, just two years after the brand relocated to Coatbridge in Lanarkshire from Liverpool, which began to absorb all Martini & Rossi whisky interests from Clan Munro. This process was completed in 1972 and coincided with the acquisition Macduff Distillery to handle operations and the amendment of the company name to William Lawson Distillers.
In 1993 Bacardi purchased Martini & Rossi, and with it William Lawson Distillers and Macduff Distillery, who moved the brand to Parkhead in 1997. Bacardi then acquired John Dewar & Sons Ltd and five distilleries from Diageo to help expand upon Macduff and increase the amount of William Lawson spirit being made. Recent years have seen William Lawson’s sales rise dramatically – volumes almost doubled between 2010 and 2014, and there has been considerable success on the international market, in particular in Russia, where it can claim to be the country’s largest imported spirit brand.
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Highland Park Dark Origins is a new core bottling that celebrates the early days of Magnus Eunson’s illicit distilling on Orkney, back before the distillery was even founded in 1798. Magnus worked as a butcher and church official by day, but by night he was a legendary whisky smuggler and distiller outwitting the exciseman.
To honour their hero (the Batman of the Orkney Islands, if you will), Highland Park have created a whisky with a suitably ‘dark’ character. Using 80% first-fill Sherry casks (20% refill) – 60% are first-fill European oak, with 20% being first-fill American oak – an exciting, spicy, chocolatey whisky has been produced.
Colour: Deep gold to rich amber. This is an inference based on the whisky’s sherry-seasoned oak maturation and the bottle’s fruit-led profile described across specialist listings.
Nose: Rounded and well balanced, with vanilla, candied dried fruits, orange peel, and sweet citrus. This is based on the tasting note shown on your current listing.
Palate: Hints of chocolate, dried fruit richness, smooth honey, and citrus brightness. This is based on the tasting note shown on your current listing.
Finish: Lingering and gentle, with soft warmth, sweet oak, and citrus. This is an inference based on the sherry-led style and the flavour direction shown on your current listing.
Colour: Burnished copper. This is taken directly from the official published colour note for The Macallan Oscuro.
Nose: Ripened woodland fruits, dark chocolate, orange, creamy vanilla. This is taken directly from the official published nose note for The Macallan Oscuro.
Palate: Delicate fruits, rich sweetness and spice. Dried figs, ripe oranges and a hint of crisp apples. This is taken directly from the official published palate note for The Macallan Oscuro.
Finish: Full and lingering with a hint of warming wood smoke. This is taken directly from the official published finish note for The Macallan Oscuro.
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Colour: A varied spectrum across the set, moving from warm honey and meadow gold to deeper cacao and mature oak tones. This is an inference based on the official published colour notes and flavour themes of the included Harmony Collection releases.
Nose: The set ranges from chocolate, coffee, and confectionery notes through citrus, floral meadow character, dried fruits, and richer oak spice. This is an inference based on the official published tasting directions and release concepts of the included Harmony Collection bottlings.
Palate: Expect a broad tasting journey that moves from sweet cacao and roasted coffee influence into honeyed fruit, creamy oak, gentle freshness, and deeper sherried structure. This is an inference based on the official flavour positioning of the included Harmony Collection releases.
Finish: Long, layered, and collection-driven, with different bottles offering chocolate richness, coffee warmth, citrus lift, floral softness, or oak-led spice depending on the expression poured. This is an inference based on the official themes and flavour styles of the included Harmony Collection bottlings.
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Finish: Long, decadent, with toffee and sweet oak spice. This is based on specialist retailer tasting notes for the 2021 release.
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The National Choice Diamond Royal Flush & Joker 8 x 70cl
Produced by C.S James & Sons and bottled for the National Choice, this set comes together to make a royal flush which is the best hand you can possibly get in the game of poker!
The Royal Flush collection comprises of 7 bottles plus the Joker, exclusively released for WhiskyClub.co and Whisky Aura by the independent bottler The National Choice. Â Selected by Tiger’s Finest Selection in Taiwan, only 75 sets have been released. Matured in sherry octave casks and bottled in 2021 at cask strength, the set comprises the following:
The following lot is for a complete set of a collaboration between The National Choice and Taiwan’s Tiger’s Finest Selection. This is a set of seven whiskies which celebrates the rarest hand in the game of poker, The Royal Flush.
Each card in a Royal Flush is represented and the set also includes a Joker.
Each one of these seven whiskies has been aged in a single ex-Sherry octave before being bottled at cask strength in March 2021. Each bottle is limited to just 75.
