2007 Signatory Vintage Deanston 12 Year Old Cask Strength Single Malt Scotch Whisky (700ml)

A Deanston at an almost lethal strength (64.5%!!!) and from a first fill sherry butt. 630 bottles were produced. Signatory bottled a sister cask (Kirsch Import #900145) for Europe, which Serge Valentin of whiskyfun.com reviewed below ("Absolutely huge.") Expect something very similar here. Non chill filtered.

Other reviews... Colour: gold. Nose: leaven, fresh wholegrain bread, concrete dust, brake fluid, raisins, a baker’s first dough roll in the morning, marmalade, a basket of very bitter oranges (the ones that first-time vistors always try to eat – once – when reaching Andalucía). With water: clay, unlit cigarettes and satay, that’s not a very usual combo but I think I’m am a fan. Mouth (neat): absolutely huge, and yet absolutely lovely, spicy, doughy, chalky and full of marmalade. Some kind of balance that hadn’t been found in the OB, in my opinion. With water: ah yes, orange blossom water, soft curry, a little leather, more blond tobacco, always this clay – or chalk – and more marmalade. Perhaps even lemon marmalade. Finish: long, very good, rather fresh, on the same flavours. Peppery aftertaste. Comments: feisty and breafkasty, although at almost 65%, such a breakfast could wreck your day. Say a Sunday brunch. 88 points - Serge Valentin, whiskyfun.com

Located on the banks of the River Teith, Deanston was transformed from a cotton mill to a distillery in 1966. It continues to produce a 'handmade' distillate - meaning no computers are used in its production, rather management prefers to rely on the keen senses of their craftsmen to guarantee quality in every drop, helped by Senior blender, Dr. Kirstie McCallum.