Samaroli 2023 ‘Ninetynine’ 2012 Vintage Islay Blended Malt Scotch Whisky 700ml 52%

Hogshead Refill bourbon that yielded 348 bottles worldwide.

Details
700ml: 52% alc
Region: Islay
Cask Type: Refill Bourbon
Cask No: 187
Bottler: Samaroli
Distillation Date: 2012
Bottling Date: 2023
Individually numbered

Description
With only 348 bottles released world-wide from a single cask (#187), this Islay single malt from Williamson (AKA Laphroaig teaspoon) was aged for over a decade and then bottled at a super refreshing 52% ABV. The whisky is named Ninetynine due to the Williamson cask used being 99% Laphroaig. The result is one waxy pour brimming with all the goodness we’ve come to expect from Islay, with a Samaroli ‘complexity’ twist.

Antonio Bleve, owner of Samaroli comments.
“This Williamson is 99% Laphroaig. And as it happens, even in the best distilleries, it is vaguely blended in order to be presented with another name. Williamson or Laphroaig, it matters little. What we are showcasing here is an elegant and majestic Islay expression”.

What is a teaspoon whisky.
Tea spooning is the practice of blending minute quantities of single malt in to a cask of whisky produced at another distillery. As only a teaspoonful of liquid is added the spirit is no longer legally a single malt whisky and cannot then be attributed to its originating distillery. This approach means that the resultant spirit is unchanged (as it’s still over 99% single malt) but cannot be bottled under the distillery name by any broker or independent bottler.