{"product_id":"nss-obscurities-curiosities-secret-speyside-m-10-year-1st-fill-oloroso","title":"NSS - Obscurities \u0026 Curiosities - Secret Speyside (M) 10 Year - 1st Fill Oloroso","description":"\u003cstyle\u003e\n  .twl-desc { max-width: 980px; margin: 0 auto; line-height: 1.65; font-size: 16px; color: #111; }\n  .twl-desc h1 { margin: 0; font-size: 30px; line-height: 1.2; font-weight: 800; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 0.02em; text-align: center; }\n  .twl-subhead { margin: 10px 0 0 0; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 750; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 0.08em; text-align: center; color: #9a5f28; }\n  .twl-preorder { margin: 16px 0 0 0; background: #080910; color: #f5f2ec; border-radius: 14px; padding: 12px 20px; text-align: center; font-size: 14px; }\n  .twl-preorder strong { color: #b87333; letter-spacing: 0.06em; text-transform: uppercase; font-size: 12px; }\n  .twl-pills { margin-top: 14px; text-align: center; }\n  .twl-pill { display: inline-flex; align-items: center; 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color: #1a1a18; }\n  .twl-spec td:last-child { color: #374151; }\n  .twl-commitments { margin-top: 18px; border: 1px solid #ddd8d0; border-radius: 14px; padding: 18px 22px; background: #f5f2ec; }\n  .twl-commitments h3 { margin: 0 0 10px 0; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 800; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 0.08em; color: #9a5f28; }\n  .twl-commitments ul { margin: 0; padding-left: 18px; color: #111; }\n  .twl-commitments li { margin: 0 0 6px 0; font-size: 14px; }\n  .twl-commitments strong { color: #1a1a18; }\n  @media (max-width: 749px) { .twl-desc h1 { font-size: 24px; } .twl-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr; } .twl-row { grid-template-columns: 90px 1fr; } }\n\u003c\/style\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"twl-desc\"\u003e\n\u003ch1\u003eObscurities \u0026amp; Curiosities, Secret Speyside (M) 10 Year Old, 1st Fill Oloroso\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"twl-subhead\"\u003eNorth Star Spirits · Speyside Release · Distilled 2016, Bottled 2026 · Ten Years in a 1st Fill Sherry Hogshead · 64.7%\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"twl-preorder\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePre-Order\u003c\/strong\u003e · October Import, lands in Virginia November 4, 2026. Orders ship the week it arrives.\u003c\/div\u003e\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 Secret Speyside (M)\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"twl-pill\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAge\u003c\/strong\u003e 10 Years\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"twl-pill\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eABV\u003c\/strong\u003e 64.7%\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"twl-pill\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCask\u003c\/strong\u003e 1st Fill Sherry Hogshead\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"twl-pill\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDistilled\u003c\/strong\u003e 2016\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"twl-pill\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eColour\u003c\/strong\u003e Very dark, natural\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"twl-lead\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDistilled in \u003cstrong\u003e2016\u003c\/strong\u003e, ten years in a \u003cstrong\u003efirst fill sherry hogshead\u003c\/strong\u003e, bottled in \u003cstrong\u003e2026\u003c\/strong\u003e by North Star Spirits at \u003cstrong\u003e64.7% cask strength\u003c\/strong\u003e, and the darkest whisky in this import by a distance. The distillery is Speyside, it begins with M, and the label is not allowed to say more than that. We are not allowed to either. We all know what M means.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat we can say: the cask came through \u003cstrong\u003eEdrington\u003c\/strong\u003e, the sherry wood is first fill from a house that takes sherry wood more seriously than anyone in Scotland, and the spirit inside is the one that made sherried Speyside famous. Iain Croucher's note when he offered it: also very dark, 1st fill sherry, thank you Edrington. At 64.7% it is a sherry bomb with the pin pulled. 314 bottles for the United States, which is a lot of a whisky this good at this price.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"twl-brand\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout Obscurities \u0026amp; Curiosities\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn North Star's own words: \u003cstrong\u003esometimes we are lucky enough to find whiskies that are astonishing oddities and bizarrely exceptional.\u003c\/strong\u003e The deliciously obscure whisky in this bottle has certainly piqued our curiosity. Please take a seat and enjoy the show.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eObscurities \u0026amp; Curiosities is the sideshow range from \u003cstrong\u003eNorth Star Spirits\u003c\/strong\u003e, Iain Croucher's Dumbarton bottler, now ten years old. Vintage circus posters on the labels, serious casks inside: every release carries a real age statement and full sherry maturation. The Miltonduff 13 Octave was the first O\u0026amp;C to reach America; this is the second wave.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"twl-grid\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"twl-card\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eDistillery profile, undisclosed\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA \u003cstrong\u003eSpeyside\u003c\/strong\u003e distillery whose owners do not permit its name on independent bottlings, which is why it appears as Secret Speyside, or simply M, across the independent trade.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe parent company, \u003cstrong\u003eEdrington\u003c\/strong\u003e, is famous for buying and seasoning its own sherry casks in Jerez, which is why an Edrington-sourced first fill sherry hogshead is such a prize.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHouse style, as everyone who has tasted it knows: \u003cstrong\u003erich, sherried, dried fruit and spice\u003c\/strong\u003e, built for exactly this wood.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIf you have ever paid four figures for a sherried ten year old from this distillery under its own name, this is the bottle to pour next to it.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"twl-card twl-card--dark\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCask profile, 1st fill sherry hogshead\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA \u003cstrong\u003efirst fill sherry hogshead\u003c\/strong\u003e is as much wood influence as a whisky can take in ten years: colour, dried fruit, walnut, clove, chocolate. This one had never held whisky before.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe result is, in Iain Croucher's words, very dark. Ten years was enough. At \u003cstrong\u003e64.7%\u003c\/strong\u003e, water is not a suggestion, it is part of the experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe label is the O\u0026amp;C sideshow strongman in red: a vintage circus poster for a whisky that cannot say its own name. Outturn to follow when the bottles land.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"twl-philosophy\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eOn Tasting Notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou will not find tasting notes here. By design.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Whiskey Lab publishes every technical detail a curious drinker could ask for: distillery, cask, distillation date, ABV, outturn. Everything that makes the liquid what it is. \u003cstrong\u003eWhat we 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. Our 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\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\u003eNorth Star Spirits, Obscurities \u0026amp; Curiosities\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eStyle\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSingle malt Scotch whisky, single cask\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\u003eUndisclosed (M)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAge\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e10 years\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eABV\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e64.7% (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\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e1st Fill sherry hogshead, full maturation, Edrington-sourced\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDistilled\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e2016\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBottled\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eNatural colour\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eYes, very dark\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eNon-chill filtered\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eYes\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eUSA allocation\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e314 bottles\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAvailability\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePre-order, October Import, arrives November 4, 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\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","brand":"The Whiskey Lab","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54565859983678,"sku":"TWL-NSS-SECM10-100118","price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0912\/2221\/2926\/files\/oc-secret-speyside-m-10-front.webp?v=1791322547","url":"https:\/\/www.thewhiskeylab.com\/products\/nss-obscurities-curiosities-secret-speyside-m-10-year-1st-fill-oloroso","provider":"The Whiskey Lab","version":"1.0","type":"link"}