Black Bottle Andean Oak Alchemy Series 70cl, 46.3%
Tasting Notes
Colour: Warm amber. This is an inference based on retailer imagery and one retailer’s visual description rather than a formally published official colour note.
Nose: Dried nuts, rich fruit, maple syrup, and oak, with vanilla, figs, fudge, carrot cake, and a wisp of smoke. This note combines the official Black Bottle flavour description with retailer tasting notes.
Palate: Layers of vanilla, toasted coconut, caramel-coated nuts, raisins, cherries, nutmeg, cinnamon, honey, and smoked toffee.
Finish: Sweet and softly smoky, with delicate smoke drifting through nutty chocolate and lingering spice.
Description
Black Bottle Andean Oak Alchemy Series 70cl, 46.3% is a blended Scotch whisky from Black Bottle’s Alchemy Series, created around the influence of rare virgin Andean oak. Official brand material describes it as “a fusion of fruit and nut,” with flavours built around vanilla, toasted coconut, stone fruits, and smoked almonds, while retailer sources identify it as the first expression in the range to place virgin Andean oak at the centre of the recipe.
The whisky was developed to explore a sweeter side of Black Bottle’s smoky house style. The Whisky Shop notes that Andean oak, a wood known for growing at high altitudes, brings extra tannins and spice to the flavour profile, while your own site states that the creamy, smooth grain whiskies in the blend were finished for seven months in Andean oak casks with various toast and char levels.
That combination gives the whisky a profile that feels richer and more rounded than a straightforward smoky blend, with sweetness, spice, fruit, and soft peat working together rather than one element dominating the others. The point about the style feeling more rounded is an inference based on the official flavour notes and the published cask information.
Why Choose Black Bottle Andean Oak Alchemy Series
This is a distinctive blended Scotch for customers who want something a little different from a standard smoky dram. It combines Black Bottle’s peated character with the sweeter, spicier influence of Andean oak, creating a whisky that feels experimental but still approachable.
Blended Scotch whisky
Part of the Black Bottle Alchemy Series
70cl bottle
46.3% ABV
Built around rare virgin Andean oak influence
Your site states the grain whiskies were finished for seven months in Andean oak casks with various toast and char levels
Style led by vanilla, toasted coconut, stone fruits, smoked almonds, and soft smoke
No publicly stated bottle count found in the reviewed sources
Ideal For
Fans of smoky whisky with sweeter oak influence
Customers looking for an unusual cask-led blend
Drinkers who enjoy vanilla, spice, fruit, and gentle smoke together
Black Bottle followers wanting something beyond the standard bottling
Buyers seeking a good-value experimental Scotch whisky
Product Details
Product: Black Bottle Andean Oak Alchemy Series
Brand: Black Bottle
Country: Scotland
Type: Blended Scotch Whisky
Series: Alchemy Series
Bottle Size: 70cl
ABV: 46.3%
Oak Influence: Virgin Andean Oak
Production Note: Your site states the creamy grain whiskies in the blend were finished for seven months in Andean oak casks with various toast and char levels
Style: Fruity, nutty, sweet, spicy, softly smoky
Outturn: Not publicly stated in the reviewed sources
Additional information
| Weight | 1.995 kg |
|---|
Related products
-
-
Famous Grouse 70cl, 40%
€12.50 -
Johnnie Walker Explorers’ Club Collection The Royal Route (1L, 40%)
Original price was: €199.€150Current price is: €150. -
