Smooth aromas with warm appealing highlights of marzipan, Manuka honey, creamy caramel and Demerara sugar, followed by whispers of glazed pineapple, cider apples and praline chocolate. The palate begins with mellow and exhilarating flavours of tropical fruits, rose hip syrup, caramelised orange segments and macaroons and finishes with peaches in syrup, liquorice and Seville marmalade.
Most distillers settle for one maturation, but Whyte & Mackay is triple matured to ensure a unique balanced blend. Triple maturation is the secret behind the award-winning taste of Whyte & Mackay. Firstly, the finest single malt whiskies, each individually matured for many years, are carefully selected by the master blender. Next, they are combined in sherry casks and matured once again to attain a perfect harmony of flavours. Finally, the blended malts are mixed with aged grain whiskies and returned to cask to mature even further. This dedication to the art of blending creates an extra smooth and richer tasting whisky.
Awards
- IWSC GOLD MEDAL 2011
- SAN FRANCISCO WORLD SPIRITS AWARD GOLD MEDAL 2012
- IWSC GOLD MEDAL 2013
- IWSC GOLD MEDAL AND TROPHY 2014
- IWSC GOLD MEDAL 2015