Dram Mor 11YR Glen Moray Madeira Finish Single Malt Scotch Whisky

Glen Moray has sat on the banks of the River Lossie in Elgin since 1830, though it spent its first decades as the Elgin West Brewery before turning to whisky in 1897. In the modern era it has quietly become one of Scotland’s great cask experimenters, running wine, port and dessert-wine maturations long before “finishing” was fashionable. As Dram Mor’s label puts it, this is a well-balanced spirit that “marries perfectly with oak of all kinds.”

This cask proves the point: an 11 year old Glen Moray finished in a first fill Madeira hogshead, the fortified island wine layering toasted nuts, dried fruit and a tangy sweetness over the distillery’s clean, honeyed core. Single cask #155, bottled at a cask strength of 56.8%, the strongest of this Dram Mor import, non-chill filtered, natural colour, 280 bottles worldwide.