Single malt whisky is now not strictly a kilt-and-bagpipes sort of factor. Japanese malts have been turning whisky drinkers’ heads for years. Distillers in Taiwan and India have equally began filling the world’s whisky glasses. And up to date adjustments within the regulatory panorama have carved out an area for the burgeoning ranks of American malt whisky distillers. However as drinkers look across the globe for the following large dram, it’d be smart to maintain the antipodes in sight, because of the robust exhibiting evinced by bottles akin to Morris Australian Single Malt Whisky.
This Australian malt started showing stateside in September, becoming a member of a small however rising vary of whiskies from Australia and New Zealand. Australia’s lengthy had a powerful tradition of creating wines, and the Morris household entered the fortified wine commerce in 1859. Together with the Casella household, in 2016 they united because the Copper & Grain Distilling Co., and later that yr started whisky manufacturing utilizing a recommissioned hybrid nonetheless from the Nineteen Thirties at a distillery in Rutherglen, Victoria, roughly 175 miles northeast of Melbourne.
Made with Australian barley and matured in ex-wine barrels (each American and French oak) reconditioned at their very own cooperage, the whisky is then completed in fortified wine barrels. On the nostril, the whisky bursts with aromas of orchard fruit and marmalade. The palate is layered with wealthy flavors of crimson fruit and cocoa, and the end lingers with an depth of dried figs and honey. $59.99, topshelfwineandspirits.com
