Scotland’s natural whisky distillery, Nc’nean, continues to construct its fame as an trade innovator with the launch of its newest limited-edition whisky, Huntress Orchard Cobbler, into the USA. The Huntress sequence is impressed by Nc’nean’s namesake – the Gaelic goddess Neachneohain, who was often known as a huntress and for strolling her personal path.
This yr’s launch is known as Orchard Cobbler, for its scrumptious and homey flavors of cherry cobbler, apricot marmalade and vanilla custard. This explicit Huntress launch is exclusive, in that the spirit used is barely produced every year when the distillers cross over from one distillation recipe to a different.
Nc’nean is extensively recognised for pushing the boundaries of typical Scotch. Not like most distilleries, it runs two totally different spirit recipes every year, one for whisky set to be launched at a youthful age and one set to be launched after ten or extra years. The spirit matured for Huntress Orchard Cobbler comes from the distillation within the week after the spirit recipe is switched – a time the place reduce factors are modified and unusually excessive fruity compounds flood into the spirit. So fruity, that the whisky is known as after one of many group’s favourite fruit desserts.
In 2021 Nc’nean turned the primary whisky distillery within the UK to be verified as internet zero carbon emissions for scopes 1 and a pair of. It’s B Corp licensed and makes use of solely natural Scottish barley within the distillery which is powered fully by renewable vitality. The whisky is bottled in 100% post-consumer-recycled glass, which saves 40% of the carbon emissions in comparison with utilizing virgin glass.
The Huntress seasonal launch is offered for $120 and is 48.5% abv. There are 630 bottle obtainable for the US market. The cask combine is 66% STR ex-red wine, 31% ex-American whiskey and three% Oloroso Sherry.
GSN’s Remarks: Frivolously peated, fruit ahead nostril with tinges of vanilla bean, custard cream, medium oak and darkish cherry. The expression is tight, compact and remarkably very a lot akin to a cherry cobber. The flavors are balanced, fulsome and stylish, with a bent towards a dessert-style of whisky. The getting older in ex-wine casks provides a pleasant base upon which the distillate rests, whereas the ex-sherry wooden provides a touch of brightness and heat. A superb launch from Nc’nean. GSN Score: A+
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