The Lakes Distillery: Whiskymaker's Reserve No.7 Single Malt
Key Facts About This Single Malt
Distillery: The Lakes
Whiskymaker: Dhavall Gandhi
Range: Whiskymaker's Reserve
Region: English
Cask Type: Oloroso, PX, and red wine casks, Spanish and American oak
Alcohol by Volume: 52%
Bottled: Natural colour and without chill filtration
Bottle Size: 700ml
Awards: Grand Gold Medal at the 25th Spirits Selection by CMB; Gold Medal at World Whiskies Award 2024
Whiskymaker's Reserve No.7 Tasting Notes
Official tasting notes
Nose: Fragrant sandalwood, almond cakes and orchard fruits with a touch of baking spice.
Palate: Rich and creamy with honeyed fruits, currants, and a hint of dark chocolate.
Finish: Creamy and fragrant with warming spice and hints of cocoa nibs.
Ed's review
Colour: Natural colour, deep copper with a pink hue. Thick and oily in the glass.
Nose: Sherry soaked raisins and currants. Brown sugar fudge laced with spice. Cinnamon sticks and oak.
Palate: Medium mouthfeel. Rich dark fruits, blackberries and currants. Heavily fruited dark Christmas cake, soaked in sherry and laced with ginger. A little wood spice. Alcohol is well integrated.
Finish: Long finish. Rich stewed fruits and berries, Dark fruit and nut chocolate. A bright spice note, balanced with savoury oak.
Overall: Heavily sherried quality single malt - Lakes whisky at its finest, as you may expect from their final Whiskymaker's Reserve.
About This Lakes Distillery release
Designing a new whisky requires a framework of sorts. But, there has to be room within it to play, to follow gut feeling and instinct. The Whiskymaker’s Reserve has been an artistic exploration of maturation and blending. It evolved flavours and defined a sherry-led signature style for The Lakes Distillery.
Showcasing a sherry-led, wood-forward, and flavour-packed style, each release of The Whiskymaker’s Reserve has shared the same DNA. Varying in character, they continue to evolve in keeping with The Lakes sherry cask influence and sense of adventure.
Whiskymaker's Reserve 7 is the final whisky in this series. It's conclusion to the development of The Lakes Distillery's single malt’s sherry-led signature style. Offering a bold and recognisable flavour profile with an elegant sweetness, it is a fragrant finale to the series.
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