Wemyss Malts Spice King Blended Malt Scotch Whisky
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2019 San Francisco World Spirits Competition Double Gold Medal Winner.
Rich gold. A rich marmalade glaze on baked pastries with a dusting of cinnamon. Baked syrup sponge smothered with salted caramel sauce with aromas of orange blossom and well-polished wood. Flavors of toasted oat and ginger biscuits with nuggets or walnut and crystallized fruits, warm from the oven, and enjoyed with a mug of spiced hot chocolate. Fine leather mingles with damp heather buffeted by coastal sea spray. A toasted warmth lingers with tingling cracked pepper on the finish.
Wemyss Malts prides itself on employing the Art of Blending to produce quality blended malts that draw from a huge variety, flavors and subtleties of Scottish single malt whisky to craft unique blends of superior quality and complexity. Rather than place the emphasis on the distilleries utilized in the blend, the whiskies are named after the natural tastes and aromas meticulously crafted by our blenders careful selection and blending of CORE and SIGNATURE malts.
Pronounced 'Weems'; the Scots language word for caves, the historic Scottish clan and family traces its roots from the ancient Kingdom of Fife in Scotland. For over six centuries, the ancestral home and seat of The Earl of Wemyss; Wemyss Castle has sat atop ancient caves that have been formed into the sea-battered cliffs.
For many centuries Scottish barley has been grown in the surrounding area of the Wemyss Castle, barley that would eventually be used for making of Scotch whisky.
The Wemyss family was noted in the developing history of the Scotch whisky industry during the 19th century when John Haig built his first distillery, Cameron Bridge, now the largest spirit producing distillery in Europe, on Wemyss family land.
Today, highly prized Scottish barley is grown by farmers on the Wemyss Estate and is used by many leading distillers to make their malt whisky. Founded by Williams Wemyss in 2005, he utilized his background expertise in premium French wine making and the family’s Scottish roots to begin exploring the blending of quality single malt whiskies.
Originally created as a lighter alternative to Single Malts to appeal to the Americans during Prohibition, Blended Scotch Whiskies are a mix of both grain and malt whiskies that have been sourced from multiple distilleries and aged a minimum of three years in oak barrels. Nine out of every ten bottles of Scotch sold is a Blended Scotch Whisky and they are generally far more affordable than Single Malt Scotch Whiskies.