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font-size: 14px; }\n  .twl-commitments strong { color: #1a1a18; }\n\n  @media (max-width: 749px) { .twl-desc h1 { font-size: 24px; } .twl-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr; } }\n\u003c\/style\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"twl-desc\"\u003e\n\u003ch1\u003eBlackadder Raw Cask Auchroisk 12 Year Old, Oloroso Montilla Finish\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"twl-subhead\"\u003eDistilled 4 February 2014 · Cask No. 803574 · Raw Cask Series\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"twl-pills\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"twl-pill\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRegion\u003c\/strong\u003e Speyside\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"twl-pill\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDistillery\u003c\/strong\u003e Auchroisk\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"twl-pill\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAge\u003c\/strong\u003e 12 Years\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"twl-pill\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eABV\u003c\/strong\u003e 53.2%\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"twl-pill\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCask\u003c\/strong\u003e Oloroso Montilla Finish\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"twl-pill\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVolume\u003c\/strong\u003e 700ml\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"twl-lead\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAuchroisk (say it \"Oth-rusk\") distilled on \u003cstrong\u003e4 February 2014\u003c\/strong\u003e and bottled at 12 years old from \u003cstrong\u003eCask No. 803574\u003c\/strong\u003e, after a finishing period in an \u003cstrong\u003eOloroso Montilla\u003c\/strong\u003e cask. Cask strength, \u003cstrong\u003e53.2% ABV\u003c\/strong\u003e, bottled Raw Cask: straight from the wood with no filtration of any kind.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwo things make this bottle unusual. Auchroisk itself, a distillery built to feed the J\u0026amp;B blend, whose single malt almost never reaches drinkers except through independents. And the finishing cask: not Jerez sherry but its inland cousin from Montilla-Moriles, the Andalusian region where oloroso-style wine is made from Pedro Ximenez grapes. Same oxidative tradition, different origin, and a cask type few bottlers use.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"twl-brand\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout Blackadder\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBlackadder International was founded in 1995 by \u003cstrong\u003eRobin Tucek\u003c\/strong\u003e and remains a family operation, run with his daughter Hannah and son Michael. The house philosophy has never changed: \u003cstrong\u003ethe cask is king\u003c\/strong\u003e. Blackadder selects individual casks on their own merits, bottles at natural strength or close to it, and never chill filters or adds colour.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRaw Cask\u003c\/strong\u003e is the purest expression of that philosophy. The whisky goes from cask to bottle with no filtration at all, not even a mechanical screen. Fragments of char and cask sediment (Blackadder calls them cask throwings) travel with the spirit into the glass bottle. What you hold is, as literally as bottling allows, the inside of Cask No. 803574.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"twl-grid\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"twl-card\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eDistillery profile\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBuilt in the early 1970s near \u003cstrong\u003eMulben, Speyside\u003c\/strong\u003e, by IDV, then the parent company of Justerini \u0026amp; Brooks. Production began in \u003cstrong\u003e1974\u003c\/strong\u003e, drawing water from Dorie's Well.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePurpose-built for one job: supplying malt for the \u003cstrong\u003eJ\u0026amp;B Rare\u003c\/strong\u003e blend, a role it still plays for owner \u003cstrong\u003eDiageo\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIts single malt first appeared in 1986 as \u003cstrong\u003eThe Singleton\u003c\/strong\u003e, a name chosen partly because Auchroisk was considered too hard to pronounce abroad.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOfficial bottlings remain limited to the occasional Flora \u0026amp; Fauna release, so single casks like this one are largely the territory of independent bottlers.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"twl-card twl-card--dark\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCask profile\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDistilled 4 February 2014, this Auchroisk finished its maturation in an \u003cstrong\u003eOloroso Montilla\u003c\/strong\u003e cask, No. 803574. Montilla-Moriles is Andalusia's inland wine region, where oloroso-style wines are made from \u003cstrong\u003ePedro Ximenez grapes\u003c\/strong\u003e rather than the Palomino of Jerez, and the sun-baked climate often brings the wine to full strength without fortification.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe wood works the same oxidative territory as a Jerez oloroso cask, but from a different starting wine. It is a finishing cask chosen for character, not for a familiar name on the label.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBottled at \u003cstrong\u003e53.2% ABV\u003c\/strong\u003e, full cask strength. No chill filtration, no filtration of any kind, no added colour. One cask, one run of bottles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"twl-philosophy\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eOn Tasting Notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou will not find Blackadder's tasting notes here. By design.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBlackadder shares every technical detail a curious drinker could ask for: distillery, cask number, distillation date, bottling date, ABV, outturn. Everything that makes the liquid what it is. \u003cstrong\u003eWhat they leave to you is the experience of drinking it.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTasting notes shape expectation. They tell you what you should find before you find it. Blackadder's position is that the spirit in your glass should speak for itself, and what you find there belongs to you. Pour it neat. Add a few drops of water if it asks for it. Take your time. The cask did.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"twl-spec\"\u003e\n\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003cthead\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eSpecification\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eDetails\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/thead\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBrand\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBlackadder International\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSeries\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eRaw Cask\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eStyle\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSingle Malt Scotch Whisky\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eRegion\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpeyside\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDistillery\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAuchroisk\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAge\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e12 Years Old\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eABV\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e53.2% (cask strength)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eVolume\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e700ml\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCask type\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOloroso Montilla finish (Cask No. 803574)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDistilled\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e4 February 2014\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCask strength\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eYes\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eNon-chill filtered\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eYes (Raw Cask: no filtration of any kind)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eNatural colour\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eYes\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAvailability\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOpen release\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"twl-commitments\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe Whiskey Lab's Quality Commitments\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSingle Cask \u0026amp; Small Batch:\u003c\/strong\u003e Ensuring a unique profile for each release.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNatural Colour \u0026amp; Non-Chill Filtered:\u003c\/strong\u003e Preserving the authentic character and purity of the whisky.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHonest Storytelling:\u003c\/strong\u003e Every cask profile written by people who actually handled the liquid.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n","brand":"The Whiskey Lab","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53947930673470,"sku":"TWL-BLK-AUCH12-100072","price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0912\/2221\/2926\/files\/blackadder-auchroisk-12yo-cask-803574-transparent_9751f610-2826-4ac2-8394-55f69ca2bafc.png?v=1785503174","url":"https:\/\/www.thewhiskeylab.com\/products\/blackadder-auchroisk-12-year-oloroso-montilla-finish","provider":"The Whiskey Lab","version":"1.0","type":"link"}