Ferg & Harris is a reasonably new impartial bottler from Edinburgh, Scotland. As Younger Spirits they supply warehousing, bottling and labelling companies, however in 2022 in addition they launched their very own vary of whiskies. The corporate will get its identify from the founders John Ferguson and Alex Harrison. Their warehouse at present holds round 500 casks.
Their first batch consists of three whiskies, the primary being this Secret Speyside 12 12 months Outdated completed in a PX sherry cask.
I all the time get aggravated by contradictory info by bottlers. Right here for example they write on Instagram that it was completed in a sherry butt, whereas their web site mentions sherry hogsheads. There’s additionally confusion concerning the variety of bottles (892 bottles on the high or 1192 bottles on the backside of the web page) and the size of the end (6 or 12 months in response to totally different retailers). Correct particulars simply add to the impression of high quality…
Speyside Single Malt 12 yo 2010 (55,7%, Ferg & Harris 2022, PX end, most likely hogsheads, many btl.)
Nostril: massive PX sherry, bringing the standard raisins, figs and dates, with chocolate and sticky toffee notes. Mild hints of nuts and lacquered meat. It’s fairly darkish and hulking, with just a few too many caramel notes for my style, though the minty / natural notes and (burnt) orange peels on high elevate it a bit.
Mouth: actually sturdy, displaying the identical profile, stuffed with darkish chocolate notes, toffee dessert, with some natural wooden beneath. Mid-palate it exhibits a pleasant fruity increase, with hints of blood orange and blackberries. Then again to butter caramel sweet and bitter chocolate. The overload of sherry makes it a bit liqueur-ish.
End: very lengthy, drying and warming, nonetheless on chocolate, caramel and hints of natural tea.
A barely cumbersome model of sherry that reminds us of a few of the Glendronach Parliament batches. Positively a wealthy and chocolatey sherry bomb, however complexity isn’t too excessive. A great day by day sipper although. Out there from DeinWhisky.de amongst others.
