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.
Tasting Notes
Colour: Deep golden amber
Nose: Honey, tropical fruits, vanilla, brown sugar, and sweet spice.
Palate: Rich and full-bodied with flavours of caramel, ripe banana, toasted oak, coconut, and warming spice.
Finish: Long and elegant with lingering sweetness, tropical fruit notes, and gentle spice.
Tasting Notes
Colour: Deep amber gold. This is a visual inference based on the bottle image and the whisky’s long-aged Oloroso-finished style.
Nose: Dates, stewed fruits, tinned peaches and coastal, tarry smoke.
Palate: Rich and mature with sherried fruit depth, smoky coastal character and a rounded, elegant texture. This is a careful style-led inference from the verified maturation and published flavour profile.
Finish: Long, smoky and softly sweet, with lingering dried fruit, oak and tarry Islay notes. This is an inference based on the verified profile and age statement.
Tasting Notes
Colour: Deep gold to polished amber. This is an inference based on the cask-imparted colour noted by specialist retail listings and the mature oak profile of the 2021 release.
Nose: Sweet toffee, dried fruits, vanilla pods, honeycomb, russet apple, plum, and fig. This combines your current listing’s tasting description with specialist retailer notes for the 2021 release.
Palate: Cinnamon, ginger, sultanas, toasted oak, rich vanilla, and soft sweet spice. This combines specialist retailer tasting notes with the official release note highlighting ginger and vanilla.
Finish: Long, decadent, with toffee and sweet oak spice. This is based on specialist retailer tasting notes for the 2021 release.
Tasting Notes
Colour: Deep amber gold. This is a visual inference based on the product image and the whisky’s Oloroso-finished style.
Nose: Marmalade, earthy malt and salted caramel.
Palate: Marmalade and salted caramel continue, followed by wood spice and a hint of smoke.
Finish: Fruit syrup, yeast and citrus.
Tasting Notes
Colour: Deep golden amber
Nose: Honey, dried fruit, orange peel, and sweet spice.
Palate: Rich and smooth with flavours of caramel, raisins, toasted almonds, and gentle oak.
Finish: Long and warming with lingering fruit sweetness and spice.
Tasting Notes
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.
Tasting Notes
Colour: Deep amber gold.
Nose: Floral sherry, raisins, dates, candied peel, cocoa powder, warm leather, tobacco and citrus spice.
Palate: Rich and elegant, with dried fruit, figs, sweet marmalade, chocolate, leather, orange candy, treacle and pepper.
Finish: Long and warming, with dark chocolate, cinnamon, overripe orange, marmalade caramel, liquorice and lingering sherry spice.
Tasting Notes
Colour: Deep amber gold. This is an inference based on the bottle image and the rich oloroso-octave presentation style.
Nose: Fresh buttered croissants, cinnamon, honey and raisins.
Palate: Rich bakery notes with buttery pastry sweetness and a soft malty core.
Finish: Nutty, malty and gently sweet.
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