Rock Island Blended Malt Scotch Whisky – Douglas Laing (700ml)

Volume: 700ml              ABV: 46.8%              Age: No Age Statement              Country: Scotland

This blended scotch whisky is a small batch release ‘Vatted Malt’ which marries some of Scotland’s finest maritime malts and aged malts into a real treasure of a whisky. Whiskies distilled on the Isle of Jura, Isle of Arran, Isle of Islay and Isle of Orkney are blended together to display a whisky with a hidden delicacy and plenty of maritime notes. The independent bottler Douglas Laing has again given us a whisky that again excites the pallet like a pearl excites the eyes.

The bottler is Douglas Laing an independent bottler of fine Scotch whisky established in 1948. The concept is to enable whisky lovers around the world a chance to come as close as they can to sampling whisky as it was straight from the cask or having a whisky experience like no other.

The Rock Island is a marriage of malts from Scotland’s whisky islands, the whisky combines liquid distilled on Islay, Arran, Orkney and Jura. Bottled at 46.8% abv, Rock Island is non-chill-filtered and bottled without caramel colouring. The Rock Oyster name was changed to Rock Island recently. The name was changed in April 2019 following feedback from global markets who felt oysters were too much of a polarising food.

Our Tasting Notes

Nose: Winter sea breeze, smouldering peat smoke, orchard fruits and honey sweetness.

Palate: Salted vanilla pods, digestive biscuits, black pepper spice, soft smoke, warm honey and charred oak.

Finish: Long with maritime notes and subtle spice.