Golden raisins, straw, cinnamon, sweet wet tobacco leaf, floral hints — coastal and rich
Full and honey-sweet — chocolate decadence, Christmas cake, tobacco giving way to spices, wood, pinch of ash, citrus, green apple zest
Long, honeyed-spiced with floral lift — the Wick maritime character carrying through
Old Pulteney 18 — Wick's herring capital. Most northerly mainland distillery. Bourbon + Oloroso. 46%. WWA Gold 2025.
Raisin and tobacco nose. Christmas cake and coastal palate. Long honeyed-spiced finish. The sweet spot.
Old Pulteney 18 earns an 8.5 — coastal sherried beauty at £115. Regularly cited as the sweet spot of the Pulteney range. WWA Gold 2025.
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