Mac Nair's Lum Reek 10 Year Old Cask Strength Batch 2
70cl
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55.8% Vol
Introducing the second batch of MacNair's Lum Reek 10 Year Old cask strength! This stellar release from GlenAllachie combines single malts from Speyside and Islay, including whisky from GlenAllachie's own stocks, rested in a host of Spanish sherry casks, wine barriques, and virgin oak. Bottled at cask strength, the result is an impressive balance of elegant peat smoke, sweet, honeyed fruit, treacle, and spice.
Mac Nair's Lum Reek 10 Year Old Cask Strength Batch 2
€80.00
Ex Tax: €65.04
Product Details
Tasting Notes from Celtic Whiskey Shop and Wines on the Green
Finish
Smoked spices, butterscotch and roasted coffee beans.
Tasting Notes from the Producer
Aromas (without water)
Waves of grilled honeycomb, ginger and vanilla with cinnamon, campfire smoke and treacle
Flavour
Bursting with dark chocolate, burnt orange peel and honeycomb.
Fact Sheet
Fluid
70cl
Alcohol %
55.8%
Country
Scotland
Producer
GlenAllachie
Awards and/or Press Quotes
Awards and/or Press Quotes
Gold - Spirits Business Scotch Whisky Master 2024
Silver - International Spirits Challenge 2024
FAQs
Generally no. Speyside is known for producing predominantly unpeated single malts with fruit, floral, malt, and oak character, driven by its inland geography and the quality of its soft spring water sources. Benriach and Braeval produce occasional peated expressions as secondary style releases, and BenRiach Curiositas and Smoke Season carry a noticeable peat character. However, the defining Speyside style, as exemplified by Glenfiddich, Macallan, Balvenie, and Dalwhinnie, is unpeated and fruit forward.
Yes, meaningfully. The Speyside region sits within the broader Highland designation but has its own distinct style driven by specific geography, water sources, and a concentration of prestigious distilleries. Highland whiskies, from distilleries outside Speyside such as Dalmore, Glenmorangie, Clynelish, and Old Pulteney, tend toward heavier, spicier, more robust character with greater variation by sub region. Speyside is more consistently lighter, fruitier, and more floral, with the River Spey watershed providing the unifying geographic factor.
Some Speyside distilleries use water from the River Spey or its tributaries, but many use independent spring water sources within the broader Speyside area rather than water drawn directly from the river. Glenfiddich uses the Robbie Dhu Spring, Glenlivet uses water from Josie's Well, and The Macallan draws from its own spring on the Easter Elchies estate. The quality and mineral content of the local spring water is consistently cited as a significant factor in the house character of Speyside single malts.
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