Morris Rutherglen Smoked Muscat Single Malt & 1792 Full Proof Kentucky Straight Bourbon Bundle Buy (1x700ml & 1x750ml)

Take $129 off when you purchase Morris Rutherglen Smoked Muscat & 1792 Full Proof Bourbon together. Normally $388.99, now just $259.99. That's a 33% saving! Plus get Free Delivery to most of Australia.

Notes on Morris Rutherglen Smoked Muscat Single Malt...

A radical, eccentric and never to be repeated release combining x-red wine and muscat barrels with alligator-char barriques.

A primary maturation in 225L & 300L medium char & heavy char French & American oak barriques that held South Australian Cabernet and/or Shiraz was followed with a spell in 6-20 year old ex-liqueur Muscat casks. The final twist was a 'finishing' using Alligator char level red wine barriques, roasted over open fire (yes, Morris still run their own cooperage). These barrels could only be used once as the extreme charring essentially destroys them.

Considering the company's access to high quality barrels, it makes sense that Morris have moved into making whisky. The family hasn't cut any corners since the inception of the project in 2016. Their dream team originally consisted of Master Distiller, John McDougall, a widely-respected whisky maker with experience at Balvenie, Laphroaig and Springbank. The late Dr Jim Swan, famous for his work with STR casks at Kavalan, Kilchoman et al, was also a key consultant and worked with McDougall on honing the barrel and toasting regimes. Currently, Darren Peck (ex-Diageo) is Head Distiller having worked under the tutelage of McDougall. At the heart of the process is a restored hybrid copper pot and column still - none other than the original installed at Morris's in the early 1930s used for producing base spirits for fortified wines. High quality barley is sourced locally. Add a private cooperage and a warm/cool day/night maturation environment combined with reasonable sell prices and Morris are setting the standard high.

Notes on 1792 Full Proof...

The full proof, cask strength version of the 1792 bourbon produced at the Barton 1792 distillery in Kentucky has been one of the most sought-after Bourbons of the last few years. Not only awarded World's Best Whisky in Jim Murray's Whisky Bible 2020, the quality was previously affirmed at the World Whisky Awards in 2018 where it was voted World's Best Bourbon.

Scoring an impressive 97.5 points out of 100, Murray applauded the 62.5% ABV expression for being “melodious, mysterious and slightly exotic” with a nose of “near-perfect proportions” and an “unfaltering” finish. He added “For the 1792 Distillery to win World Whisky of the Year is extraordinary because when I first went there some 25 years ago, the then-owners had no interest in high-end whiskey... The oldest they produced was a six-year-old which I thought was one of the most complex on the market but still undercooked. I implored them then to bring out something much older. It is wonderful that my gut instinct of 25 years ago has been vindicated under the ownership of Sazerac, who have turned a potentially great distillery into something truly magnificent."

The whiskey comes non-chill filtered - instead filtered through the lesser plate and frame method to keep the roundness of the spirit.