Claxton's GRAIN BARN 30YO Single Grain Scotch Whisky
Claxton's GRAIN BARN 30YO Single Grain Scotch Whisky
RETAIL LOCATIONS
Batch No. 001. Matured in Ex-Bourbon Casks and bottled at the historic Claxton's Dalswinton Bond in the Scottish Lowlands. This bottling puts grain whisky in the limelight and is an opportunity to experience a remarkable 30 year old dram from an under-recognized source. Claxton’s knows that mature grain whisky, aged in the best oak casks, can create an excellent dram.
This 30-year-old single-grain whisky has benefitted from traditional-style warehousing in the former grain stores of Sandbed Farm on the Dalswinton Estate. During maturation, grain whisky gains a distinctive flavour and draws its colour from the cask, enhancing the grain spirit’s distinctive characteristics.
Bottle Tasting Notes
Nose: Rich fudge, spicy buttercream cake, walnuts. Light earthy notes of spicy forest mushrooms. Rich apple pie dough.
Palate: Rich cinnamon, rich toffee and soft yellow apples, hints of pineapple, and sweet notes.
Finish: Delicate and long, Spice cake, cinnamon, walnuts, tropical yellow fruit and honey.
DISTILLERY INSIGHTS
CASK MATURATION: Claxton’s has an ever-growing cask inventory that includes a wide variety of young and mature spirits. Fresh oak casks have been specifically sourced and selected for maturation from global sources in various sizes and finishes.
WOOD SELECTION: Time and great care is taken in visiting Bodegas across Spain to ensure the right casks are used. Varying levels of char and spirit are required in the casks selected and used.
DISTILLERY STORY
An independent bottler of only the finest casks, Claxton’s has taken years of bottling experience and used it to refine their process and products. A family business with a clear vision of balancing the influence of the cask with the quality of the spirit.
In 2019, one hundred years after the Landale family bought Dalswinton Estate, Claxton’s moved into Sandbed House on the banks of the River Nith and the Dalswinton Bond was born. Claxton’s Dalswinton Bond not only focuses on bottling whiskies and other spirits but also refining and enhancing whisky through cask maturation. Dalswinton Bond is an independent bonded cask warehouse in Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland, that maintains the highest industry whisky cask storage standards. With steel racked and traditional dunnage storage throughout the site, each cask warehouse is individually secured with 360 degree, 24 hour CCTV coverage and fire and intruder alarms providing maximum security and protection for your casks.
An extensive cask inventory, combined with versatile maturation warehouses, enables Claxtons to create a consistent supply of quality spirit. The development of this program guarantees longevity and the highest quality scotch whisky. All of their whisky is natural color, non-chill filtered, and taken from a single cask, meaning the whisky produced is stand-alone with a truly individual profile. Each cask has a story, and their team is dedicated to telling it through individual bottlings. Every release is only bottled when the balance between cask influence and spirit is perfect, no matter how long this may take. Claxton’s value quality, taste, and aroma above all else.
