The Kinship Collection 2019 1977 Residual sugar: 7g/l

Residual sugar: 7g/l

cocoa butter and light spices from the casks lead to a warm mouthfeel

Palate: Full and sublimely smooth with notes of stewed apples and a touch of aniseed and spice

Finish: Long and delightfully spicy with a toasted sugar laced with gorgeous tannic smokiness

naturally coloured and bottled at a higher strength of 50

The Kinship Collection 2019 1977 Residual sugar: 7g/lThe Kinship Collection is an annual release by family owned, Scotch whisky distiller, blender and independent bottler Hunter Laing. The release coincides with Feis Ile, the Islay festival of music and malt, and is specially selected by Jim McEwan. In honour of the new Hunter Laing distillery, Ardnahoe, that has just opened on Islay, the 2019 Collection consists of six Islay single malts: Ardbeg 26yo, refill hogshead, 47. 2% Bowmore 30yo, refill