The 7 Year Old marks a milestone for their farm and their whisky. Every drop comes from barley grown in their own Ayrshire fields, distilled and matured entirely on site. A true Single Estate expression seven years in the making.
This release brings deeper fruit, richer layers and a quiet confidence shaped by time. It’s unmistakably Lochlea, with seven seasons of patience behind it.
A celebration of where they started and a glimpse of where they’re going. Lochlea 7 Year Old is a proud moment for the whole team.
Nose: Enjoy sweet notes of ripe fruit and vanilla, with a subtle hint of oak. Mouth: Savor intense flavors of caramel, pear and spice, balanced by a touch of honey. Finish: Enjoy a long, warm finish, leaving lingering notes of dried fruit and wood on the palate.
Nose: Introducing itself with a balanced blast of smoke, brine, and sweet oak spice; this batch strength expression of Sound of Sleat has subtle tones of fragrant tobacco, orange barley sugar and touches of apricot and seaweed behind the peat reek.
Palate: A big but elegant whisky: zesty oak spice, bonfire embers and a waxy mouthfeel combine with hints of sweet vanilla, white pepper and a little whiff of oriental smoke.
Finish: Long and elegant with a youthful fiery spirit kick; the lingering well-knit structure comes through in abundance to give spice, capsicum and more than a little coastal nod that leaves you in no two minds of its island origins.
Nose: Tart notes of lime and sweet peaches. Explosion of rich smoky fruit and baked bread, throat pastilles, creosote and anise. Sweet barley malt combines with nutmeg and peat smoke.
Mouth: Rich, sweet, aromatic and fruity, baked banana bread and syrupy sponge pudding fill the senses. Notes of molasses mingle with a distinctive whiff of burning cedarwood. A drop of water releases an abundance of tropical fruit. Eucalyptus oil mingles with sweet, aromatic smoke.
Finish: The influence of those rare Madeira casks is undeniable. A whimsical, smoky finish welcomes a long, lingering aftertaste of menthol, clove, wood smoke and camphor.