The Whisky Exchange is thrilled to announce The Seasons: Autumn, three exciting new additions to the award-winning retailer’s own-label collection. The Autumn whiskies include a Caol Ila 2014 9 Year Old, a Dailuaine 2011 12 Year Old and a Ledaig 2006 17 Year Old, the perfect drams to welcome autumn, as the nights draw in and the leaves turn golden.
The three single cask whiskies are the second release from The Seasons, a celebrated collection comprising 12 single malt Scotch whiskies created to reflect the feel and flavours of the passing seasons, featuring beautiful illustrative labels created by The Whisky Exchange’s team and designed to reflect the flavour notes of each whisky, with a warming red motif. In this next visual instalment of this evolving own-label collection, The Seasons: Autumn collection’s label art is an ode to bountiful days of falling leaves and crackling fires, ideal to enjoy outdoors on a crisp evening, or around a table with good company.
The second set in the collection is available from 1 October 2024, exclusively from The Whisky Exchange, and follows a successful Summer set that was released in July.
The Whisky Exchange’s own-label product manager Chris Bolton said about these exclusive bottlings: “With the bright, vibrant days of Summer slowly fading, we’re delighted to introduce our next set in the Seasons collection – Autumn. We’ve selected three casks that epitomise this time of year, featuring a nutty, honeyed Dailuaine, a coastal and spicy American oak aged Caol Ila, and a sweet, smoky Ledaig from the Isle of Mull. All of the whiskies we’ve chosen are perfect to sip and enjoy as the nights begin to draw in.”
Each bottling created for The Seasons collection was drawn from a single cask, at cask strength and without chill filtration, and is available exclusively from The Whisky Exchange.
Tasting notes for The Seasons: Autumn release:
Caol Ila 2014 9 Year Old £74.95, 70cl, 60.3%
Nose: Marzipan and frangipane tart, baked apple and raisins with dusted cinnamon and sweet bonfire ash.
Palate: Earthy, with mushroom, sweet smoke and candy apple.
Dailuaine 2011 12 Year Old £79.95, 70cl, 52.1%
Nose: Ripe apples, slightly bruised, with a hit of marzipan, dried autumn leaves, baked hay and dried petals.
Palate: Cooked pear, apple turnover and a dusting of nutmeg with sweet barley sugar.
Ledaig 2006 17 Year Old £240, 70cl, 55.4%
Nose: Vanilla-dusted doughnuts, sweet smoke and hints of roasted pineapple with custard and sweet pumpkin pie.
Palate: Burnt toffee, apple, caramel and ginger.
The Whisky Exchange buying director Dawn Davies MW said about the bottlings: “We introduced the Seasons collection to give lovers of whisky a new way to taste and discover single malt whisky – to be led not just by the distillery on the bottle, but about the flavours they can expect to find within. For me, autumn signifies toffee apples, pumpkin pie, bonfires and soft spices. These whiskies are all about putting a smile on your face and some warmth in your heart.”
The complete set of The Seasons whiskies will be released into 2025, with three more single malt Scotch whiskies releases as part of both the Winter and Spring collections.
The Seasons collection is available exclusively via The Whisky Exchange, visit: The Seasons: Autumn
