Auchroisk 2007 Aged 11 Years Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky – Signatory Vintage (700ml)
Volume: 700ml ABV: 43% Age: 11 Years Country: Scotland
Cask Number(s): 803196 + 803197
Date of Distilling: 13/03/2007
Date of Bottling: 25/04/2018
Matured In: two Hogshead Barrels
The Auchroisk Distillery is situated in Banffshire, Speyside Scotland. The Distillery produces a heavy malt whisky made by rapid mashing, quick fermentation and rapid boiling distillation. The new make recedes with maturation, being replaced by a balanced honeyed cereal sweetness.
Signatory Vintage are an independent bottler founded in 1988 by Andrew and Brian Symington. The name ‘Signatory’ was derived from the initial intention to find a person of suitable standing to sign the labels for bottles drawn from a single cask. The first cask bottled was a 1968 Glenlivet which quickly sold through long before any suitable signee could be found.
Signatory currently bottle at three strengths: 43%, 46% Unchillfiltered (UCF) and Cask Strength.To add proof of authenticity to their cask strength bottlings, Signatory always include the cask numbers, date of distillation, date of bottling and number of bottles produced.Signatory Vintage’s aim is to offer as wide a range of whiskies as possible, some of which are not even bottled by the proprietary distillery. This allows malt enthusiast to sample the huge variety of subtle differences which occur between casks.
This independent bottle by Signatory has been matured in two Hogshead Barrels for 11 years and it was bottled at 43% abv. It was distilled on the 13th of March 2007 and bottled on the 25th of April 2018.
Our Tasting Notes
Nose: Orange trees in Spring, dark toffee, toasted malted barley.
Palate: Toasted walnuts, freshly baked bread, honey sweetness and some balanced oak.
Finish: Malted barley, oak and barley sugars.
