Glen Scotia’s Newest Icons of Campbeltown Launch Revives The Legend of the Wulver

Within the windswept coastal city of Campbeltown in Argyll and Bute, the place tales and spirit share the identical enduring lifeblood, Glen Scotia has launched the third instalment in its Icons of Campbeltown assortment. Every launch on this five-part collection attracts from Campbelltown’s deep nicely of folklore, and this 12 months’s chapter turns its gaze to the Wulver, a creature stated to own the physique of a person, the top of a wolf, and a coronary heart outlined by quiet generosity.

This 12-year-old single malt whisky, completed in Tawny Port casks after years of maturation in bourbon barrels, captures that twin nature fantastically. It’s unpeated but daring, refined but deeply characterful, providing bursts of purple fruit and forest berries that give approach to velvety notes of darkish chocolate and gentle oak spice. Bottled at 51.7% ABV, the limited-edition launch carries the maritime signature that has outlined Glen Scotia for practically two centuries.

The Wulver’s story, drawn from the carvings on Campbeltown’s 14th-century market cross, displays a gentler facet to Scotland’s mythology, one rooted in kindness and kinship moderately than worry. The story tells of a lone creature who fished in peace and shared his catch with hungry neighbours, a parable of generosity that mirrors the spirit of this resilient coastal neighborhood.

Glen Scotia’s Grasp Blender, Ashley Smith, was impressed by each the symbolism of the Wulver and the textures of the Port cask end. “The traditional market cross that impressed the Glen Scotia Icons of Campbeltown collection provides us an thrilling start line to experiment with the only malts to match the legendary icons. For the third launch within the collection, I needed to create a novel 12-year-old expression utilizing the best Tawny Port casks to complete the whisky, which have imparted wealthy fruity flavours paired with the delicate maritime notes which are a well-loved distinction of Glen Scotia.”

On the nostril, the whisky opens with a medley of forest fruits, candied nuts, and crisp purple apple wrapped in caramel sweetness. The palate unfolds with dried fig, orange peel, and easy praline, bringing each depth and steadiness. The end lingers fantastically with darkish cocoa, dried fruit, and mild vanilla oak, echoing the heat and generosity on the coronary heart of its inspiration.

The bottle’s label as soon as once more options art work by John Holtzman, whose portfolio consists of collaborations with Disney and Marvel. His depiction of the Wulver captures the stress between energy and style, a becoming emblem for a distillery that continues to fuse custom with inventive expression.

Following the Mermaid and the Dragon, the Wulver continues Glen Scotia’s journey by the symbols carved into Campbeltown’s storied stone as is accessible now by way of www.glenscotia.com