Cotswolds Signature Single Malt

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The signature single malt of England's Cotswolds Distillery. Made from local barley and combining red-wine and bourbon cask whisky, it's full of honey and red fruit.

Non-chill filtered
Natural colour

Details

Brand	Cotswolds
Distillery	The Cotswolds Distillery
Origin	England / Cotswolds
Style	Single Malt
Age	NAS
ABV	46%
Cask	STR red wine barriques and first-fill bourbon barrels

Flavour profile

Smoky
Sweet
Fruity
Spicy
Rich

* Editorial estimate.

Tasting notes

Nose: Honey and red fruits, with hints of warm oak.
Palate: Rich and fruity — red berries and honey with a touch of treacle.
Finish: Warm, gently spiced, with lingering honeyed sweetness.

* Editorial tasting notes.

How to enjoy it

Neat
With water
Highball

Unchill-filtered, so try it neat first to appreciate the texture; a few drops of water open up the fruit. As a highball the honey and red-fruit aromas come through lightly.

Food pairing

Roast pork, honey-mustard chicken, hard cheeses such as Cheddar, or berry tarts.

Background & production

The flagship of the Cotswolds Distillery, founded in 2014 by Daniel Szor in the Cotswolds, England. Released in 2017, it was the first whisky ever made in the Cotswolds.

It uses 100% local Cotswold barley, traditionally floor-malted. Maturation combines STR (shaved, toasted and re-charred) red wine barriques with first-fill ex-bourbon barrels, bringing out red fruit and honey.

It carries no age statement and is bottled at 46%, non-chill filtered and with natural colour.