Latitude is Wolfburn's lightly peated core expression, its name referring to the distillery's location on the 58th parallel north, further from the equator than any other whisky producer on the Scottish mainland. Thurso sits closer to Bergen than to London, and the climate of that latitude informs the slow, patient maturation in Wolfburn's warehouses.
Bottled at 46% without chill filtration or added colour, Latitude uses lightly peated malt to produce a dram in which smoke is a supporting player rather than the main event. The phenol level is modest, and the overall character remains recognisably Highland rather than Island.
On the nose there is gentle wood smoke, vanilla and a coastal freshness. The palate carries soft peat, honey and orchard fruit, with the thread of salinity that many northern coastal malts share. The finish drifts through warm oak and lingering smoke. Wolfburn was reopened in 2013, reviving a distillery name that had lain dormant since the 1860s, and Latitude represents the distillery's measured engagement with peat in a style appropriate to its geography.
