Heartwood Dregs Volume 4 Cask Strength Vatted Australian Malt Whisky (500ml)

Released in March 2020, ‘The Dregs’ Volume 4 is another lightly peated cask strength vatting, but with an added twist. Nothing is left to waste by Tim Duckett: this contains liquid that didn’t go through the filter mixed in with the good stuff. The pieces of sediment you see at the bottom of the bottle are actually small pieces of charcoal left in the vessel when bottling. The cask type and number is listed on the label as “Too many to mention”. Tim Duckett adds, “It’s a whisky that you sit with and analyse as it continually changes and changes and changes. Forget television, Zoom, and jigsaw puzzles, this is hours of entertainment in a glass”. Collectors note, this was one of the smallest offerings on record from Heartwood with an outturn of just 86 bottles at 58% Alc./Vol. Non chill filtered.

If there's a better personification of a "Whisky Enthusiast" than Tim Duckett we'd be keen to meet them. He continues to satisfy those seeking the most intense, incendiary whisky experiences on the planet with a venture that commenced in 1999 and now holds over 19,000 litres. Several casks contain some of the oldest Tasmanian Whisky stocks available. Everything is bottled on quality, when it's ready. There are no commercial drivers, and if a whisky happens to be really, really good, it's not unusual for Duckett to keep it himself.

Famous for going to considerable lengths to 'manipulate and drive' maturation and flavour profiles in the barrel, an English whisky journo once said of Heartwood "You either love them or you hate them but you will never forget them" - a truism that's garnered the label a cult following - first with drinkers, now collectors. That's no surprise. Due to the limited nature of every release many barely touch retailer's shelves. To this day, most remain hard to find. Look around the web and some of Heartwood's early bottlings are now selling for closer to 1K. That makes the current offer all the more appealing: Consisting of bottlings from early 2020 through to 2021, the variety of barrel types range from Bourbon and Australian Port, to Muscat and Sherry (amongst others). Both blended (vatted) malts and single malts are in the mix. Sourced from a private collection and unlikely to re-surface anytime soon, some are limited to just one bottle. Despite the meagre volumes and some crazy prices at auction, we've done our best to keep these accessible. It's a genuine opportunity that we don't expect to be repeated anytime soon.