This year's Lochlea Harvest Edition released

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Lochlea Harvest Edition Second Crop is high in Port Cask Whisky

 

The Lochlea farm distillery only processes its own grain. The seasonal releases, a series of small batch bottlings, are dedicated to the seasonal change of the year in the fields: "Sowing" in spring, "Harvest" in summer, "Fallow" in autumn and "Ploughing" in winter. With the Lochlea Harvest Edition Second Crop, the young distillery, which is based in the Scottish Lowlands south of Glasgow, now presents the second edition of the autumnal release.

Lochlea Harvest Edition Second Crop is a marriage of whisky from port casks, first-fill bourbon casks and STR barriques. The press release emphasises the high proportion of port casks, to which the single malt owes, among other things, a great creaminess, while the STR casks (wine casks whose inner layer of wood has been thinly removed and which have then been re-toasted and re-charred ) added peppery notes.

Producer's tasting notes for the Lochlea Harvest Edition Second Crop

Nose: Dates, ripe red grapes, thick-cut marmalade.

Palate: Pink peppercorns and dried fruit.

Finish: A beautiful lingering creamy finish.

The whisky was bottled without chill filteration and at natural colour with an alcohol content of  46% vol.

 

 

Image: Kirsch Import

About the author Petra Milde

Petra Milde is a freelance author of books and specialist writing about spirits and food. She has been supporting the Whisky.de editorial team since 2015 and creates informative and entertaining articles in the news section.

Besides her writing work, she moderates tastings and can be met at spirits fairs, both behind the stands and in front of them, looking for new products and interesting people to talk to.

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