A single cask of Ballindalloch bottled exclusively for the UK. This Oloroso sherry butt was bottled in 2024 after 8 years maturation. Ballindalloch's small distillery uses their own estate-grown barley and also utilises worm tub condensers in distillation. Sherry casks and worm tub spirit are famously compatible with many Speyside distilleries achieving winning results, so it's exciting to see a new distillery release in this category. We found notes of figs, dates and dark chocolate alongside a dry nutty character.

Royal Mile Whiskies Staff Tasting Notes (Link New Window)

Nose

Antique furniture, figs, dates and a touch of menthol. Syrupy berries.

Palate

Dry spice then redcurrants. After a while the robust spirit shows bran and cocoa carefully not dominated by the Oloroso cask.

Finish

Long nutty dark chocolate, then Turkish delight and berries and jaffa cakes.

Country And Region

This bottle of Ballindalloch 2015 8 Year Old Oloroso Butt UK Exclusive #114 is an official bottling which was produced in the Speyside region of Scotland by Ballindalloch Distillery.

Whisky Resource Note:

I was alerted to this whisky release via an official distillery email newsletter, however, there were no links to the website and at the time of writing there is no information about this whisky on the website.

After contacting the distillery I had the outturn numbers confirmed.