Williamson Berry Bros & Rudd The Auld And The Bold Single Cask #875032 Whisky 15 Year Old · 2010 Vintage

The small Hebridean island of Islay is famous for heavily peat-smoke flavoured malt whiskies. This expression is bottled under the name Williamson, a nod to Bessie Williamson, the owner and manager of a certain distillery on Islay's south coast in the mid 20th Century.

A distillate-driven dram, barely marked by its 15 years in oak, allowing Williamson’s modern style to sing in full voice. The nose brims with camphor, iodine and brine, lifted by seaweed and citrus peel through a veil of coal smoke. On the palate, smoked meats, green olives and a splash of seawater roll in, joined by a mineral whisper of chalk. A whisky deeply rooted in the place that birthed it, and a a fine study in coastal clarity and intensity.