Morris Rutherglen Limited Edition ‘Smoked Muscat’ Single Malt Whisky 700ml 48.3%

From Australia’s iconic fortified wine makers.

Details
700ml: 48.3% alc
Region: Victorian Riverlands
Cask Type: Muscat
Release Date: Late August 2022

Description:
This limited release Smoked Muscat expression brings together three unique elements; Single Malt Whisky, award-winning fortified Muscat barrels, and heavily-charred oak, to create a whisky with unrivalled complexity and unique depth of character, adding to the line-up of award-winning Morris Australian single malt whiskies.

The Distillery comments;
Born from a collaboration between our Head Distiller and Head Cooper, they pushed the boundaries of experimenting with the barrel-charring process. The resulting whisky is the perfect marriage of dry-biscuit maltiness, rich luscious raisin fruits, soft wood-aged characters and a lingering subtle smokiness”

About Morris Rutherglen whisky;
When titans of the wine and whisky world come together to create whisky, you know you’re in for one hell of a single malt range. So, in 2016, when the winery reached out to the late Dr. Jim Swan (former Springbank Master Distiller), and Master Distiller John McDougal (of Balvenie and Laphroaig fame), to consult on their whisky program, we just knew something special was brewing at the Rutherglen estate. Then, throw in a restored hybrid copper pot and column still that was originally installed at the Morris’s winery in the early 1930’s to produce base spirits for fortified wine, and unrivalled access to fortified wine barrels for finishing their whisky, and the foundations for beautiful single malt whisky was complete.