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Teaninich 16 Year Old 1993 SMWS Single Bourbon Cask 59.39 Gateway To Narnia Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky (2010) 75cl
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Teaninich 16 Year Old 1993 SMWS Single Bourbon Cask 59.39 Gateway To Narnia Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky (2010) 75cl

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Brand: Teaninich
Type: Single Malt
Region: Highlands
Age: 16
Country: Scotland

Teaninich 16 Year Old 1993 SMWS Single Bourbon Cask 59.39 Gateway To Narnia Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky (2010) 75cl

1 of 255 bottles from a single refill bourbon barrel.

The oldest label format from the Scotch Malt Whisky Society which ran from 1983 until 2006.

This was only released in USA so a little more whisky at 75cl instead of 70cl.
It is such a delight to see some of the really early editions of the SMWS single cask bottlings. Even better to drink them!

The Scotch Malt Whisky Society was founded in Edinburgh in 1983 by Phillip 'Pip' Hills who, while travelling around Scotland in the 1970s, fell in love with whiskies drawn straight from the cask. After he expanded his syndicate the Society was purchased by Glenmorangie PLC in 2004. In 2015, the Society was sold back to private investors. In June 2021, the private owners floated the holding company The Artisanal Spirits Company plc on the Alternative Investment Market of the London Stock Exchange.

It has a unique code system where the first number refers to the distillery and the second refers to the cask from which the bottle comes. SMWS also offers the largest range of distilleries of any independent bottler. These curiously named drams really do have something for every whisky lover!

The SMWS are one of the Britain's most revered independent bottlers with a worldwide network of partner bars with one mission of getting as much whisky at natural cask strength without water to different nations including USA, Canada, Switzerland, UK, Austria, Germany and many others.

These older labels from the first runs are mostly with distillation methods that include direct heat which was replaced with steam for many distilleries for environmental reasons changing the taste of whisky forever. It'll get real interesting when nuclear fusion is used to distil whisky. We might glow green for a few weeks after we drink the stuff. Who knows.... but all we know is that the old stuff has a musky taste that is VERY welcomed by people nowadays trying to time travel through whisky's past.

TASTING NOTES BY WHISKY AFFICIONADO

Nose: The first impression is of alcohol underpinned by dried biscuit dough. This is followed by fruity notes that are somewhat difficult to describe. Green nuts become noticeable further on and the nose ends with a fruity fruit salad.

Taste: The impression of biscuit dough is also present in the taste. The fruit notes have also been retained. New is the taste of old Riesling, lemon and a touch of oak. The body is light.

Finish: The note of old Riesling is retained in the finish and is complemented by a sweet note with a mineral touch. Light oak tones and a hint of retsina bring the rather short finish to a close.

Conclusion:

An exceptional taste impression, especially the mineral touch. The nose differs from the taste.

About Teaninich

An almost unique distillery in its absence of a mash tun, Teaninich is one of Diageo's giant workhorses, producing malt whisky for its range of blends.

In 2000 a hammer mill and mash filter – the only one operational in a Scottish malt distillery – was installed at Teaninich. The use of the technology, which removes the need for a mash tun, was to produce ultra-clear wort, giving a clue as to the Teaninich distillery character: a fragrant exotic grassiness that brings to mind Japanese green tea and coumarin-rich bison grass. Fat stills also add a distinct oiliness to the texture while not blunting any of its penetrating acidity.

A 12-year-old is part of Diageo’s Flora & Fauna series and there are occasional releases from independent bottlers.

Built in 1817, Teaninich was an early legal distillery, but as it was built by Napoleonic war hero and estate owner ‘Blind’ Captain Hugh Munro that’s no more than you would expect. He and his brother General John Munro were notable as being benign and caring landlords in a region which was brutally hit by the Highland Clearances.

Another local man, John Ross, took the lease in 1869 and ran the site until 1895 when it was transferred to Elgin-based blenders Munro & Cameron. It was the trustees of the late Innes Cameron who sold Teaninich to DCL in 1933.

It has undergone regular expansion – larger stills were installed in 1946, before the pair were doubled in 1962. In 1970 a new distillery, Teaninich ‘A Side’, with six stills was built. The two parts ran simultaneously until 1984, when the original site (‘B Side’) was silenced.

The same thing is about to happen all over again. Teaninich’s capacity is due to double to 9m litres per annum and there are plans to build a separate 10m litres per annum distillery on the same site.

59.7% ABV

75cl

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