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, 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.
A great top of the range Famous Grouse, a really enjoyable 30 year old blended malt.
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Tasting Notes
Colour: Deep gold to amber. This is an inference based on the first fill sherry butt maturation and reviewed bottle presentation.
Nose: Raisins, cocoa powder, and caramel, with a fine herbal edge and sherried spice. This is based on reviewed retailer tasting notes for this exact bottling.
Palate: Dates and orange combine with mint, fruity sweetness, and a rich sherried depth. This is based on reviewed retailer tasting notes for this exact bottling.
Finish: Lingering mixed nuts and vanilla, with a warming cask strength close. The nuts and vanilla are based on reviewed retailer tasting notes, while the warming feel is an inference from the 58.6% strength.
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: Golden acorn natural colour. This is based on your current listing and specialist retailer descriptions for the 2022 release.
Nose: Fresh honeycomb, sweet toffee, red apple, fig, and vanilla pod. This is based on the published tasting notes for the 2022 release on your current listing and specialist retailer sources.
Palate: A smooth melody of cinnamon, ginger, Madagascan vanilla, dried fruits, and oak. This is based on the published tasting notes for the 2022 release on your current listing and specialist retailer sources.
Finish: Sweet oak, soft spice, and toffee. This is based on the published tasting notes for the 2022 release on your current listing and specialist retailer sources.
Tasting Notes
Colour: Rich amber
Nose: Dried fruits, orange peel, chocolate, and sweet oak spice.
Palate: Full-bodied with flavours of raisins, caramel, dark chocolate, and warming spice.
Finish: Long and elegant with lingering dried fruit, oak, and gentle spice.
Tasting Notes
Nose: Honeyed orchard fruit, dried apricot, soft wax, polished oak and warming spice.
Palate: Rich and smooth with nectarine, malt, vanilla, dried fruit and gentle spice.
Finish: Long, elegant and lightly drying with lingering honey, oak and fruit.
For Triskelion, three legendary Highland Park whisky makers joined forces. Together, Gordon Motion, Max McFarlane and John Ramsay chose and married three principal cask types, with the aim of exploring the influence of wood and cask seasoning. Liquid from first-fill sherry seasoned Spanish oak butts, first-fill sherry seasoned American oak casks and first-fill bourbon barrels and hogsheads, along with a small number of refill casks was bottled up at 45.1% ABV. Stone fruit, citrus and peat smoke, you’ll find it all here!
Distillery Highland Park
Bottler Distillery Bottling
Bottled 2019
Cask type 1st Fill: Spa. + Amer. Sherry & Bourbon casks
Strength 45.1 %
Vol.Size700 ml
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