Cut Your Wolf Loose Deanston 12 Year Old
Key Facts About This Single Malt Scotch
Bottler: Cut Your Wolf Loose
Founder: Seb Woolf
Release: CYWL x Matt Dosa, Release #16
Distillery: Deanston
Age: 12 years old
Distilled: 30/18/2012
Bottled: 18/11/2024
Region: Highland, Scotland
Spirit: Single malt scotch
Cask Type: Moscatel pipe
Alcohol by Volume: Cask strength, 55.8%
Bottled: Natural colour and without chill filtration
Outturn: 550 bottles
Bottle Size: 700ml
Deanston 12 Year Old tasting notes
Nose: Like someone’s just pulled a birthday cake out of the oven and wafted it under your nose for attention. Bright, bready and a bit smug. A flicker of ginger heat and a squeeze of orange peel keep things lively.
Palate: Warming and cosy, like finding a hot cross bun in your coat pocket. Baking spices, candied ginger and a honeyed waxiness that clings on like it’s got nowhere better to be. The Moscatel’s there, but it’s playing hard to get.
Finish: Medium to long, swinging between sweet oak and a polite kick of pepper. Tidy and to the point - doesn’t drag its feet, but makes its mark.
About this Cut Your Wolf Loose release
Cut Your Wolf Loose x Matt Dosa – Deanston 12 Year Old (Release #16) brings together bold whisky making and bold design. Selected from a single Moscatel pipe and bottled at cask strength (55.8%), this Highland single malt is both comforting and characterful - a Deanston with a twist.
Moscatel, a sweet fortified wine, adds a delicate fruitiness and waxy richness to Deanston’s naturally bready, honeyed spirit. The result is a dram that’s warm, layered, and quietly confident.
On the nose, it’s like someone’s just pulled a birthday cake from the oven - bright, bready, and a bit smug - with a flicker of ginger heat and orange zest for balance. The palate delivers all the comfort you’d hope for: baking spices, candied ginger, and a honeyed waxiness that clings on lovingly, while the Moscatel influence plays subtly in the background. The finish is medium to long, swinging between sweet oak and a polite kick of pepper. Tidy, balanced, and perfectly judged.
A creative, flavour-packed release from Seb Woolf’s Cut Your Wolf Loose, paired with striking artwork by Matt Dosa - as distinctive in the glass as it is on the bottle.
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