Tri Carragh – Mannachmore – 12 Year Old – 2nd Fill Port – 55.6% ABV
$109.99
TRI CARRAGH – MANNOCHMORE 12 YEAR – 2ND FILL PORT
Distilled April 2014 · 15 Months Ex Super Tawny Porto · 280 Bottles
Region
Speyside
Distillery
Mannochmore
Age
12 years
ABV
55.6%
Cask
2nd Fill Port Barrique
Outturn
280 bottles
Distill Date
15/04/2014
A Speyside single malt finished for 15 months in a 2nd fill ex Super Tawny Porto barrique. Distilled April 2014, bottled at 55.6% cask strength. 280 bottles total, the largest outturn in this Tri Carragh window.
Super Tawny is the long-aged version of Tawny Port, typically aged 20 years or more in oak before being decanted. A 2nd fill cask from that maturation carries the dried fruit, nut, and oxidative complexity of long Tawny without the heavy sweetness of a first fill.
About Tri Carragh
Tri Carragh is Gaelic for “three pillars,” a nod to the three core ingredients that make whisky: water, barley, and yeast. The independent bottler selects single casks one at a time, choosing each one for the conversation it will start. Every release is small. Every release is final. When the bottles are gone, that cask is gone.
This release is part of Tri Carragh’s quarterly outturn and was selected by The Whiskey Lab for import to the United States.
Distillery profile
Mannochmore sits beside Glenlossie at the same Diageo site in Elgin, Speyside, founded in 1971.
The two distilleries share buildings and infrastructure but produce distinctly different spirit characters. Mannochmore is fruitier and slightly heavier than its sister.
Like Glenlossie, Mannochmore is primarily used as a blending malt and is rarely seen as an official single malt. Independent bottlings are how most drinkers encounter the distillery.
Mannochmore’s fuller body makes it well suited to fortified wine finishes. Port and sherry casks tend to bring out the distillery’s rounder, sweeter side.
Cask profile
A 2nd fill Port barrique previously holding Super Tawny Porto. Tawny Port is aged in oak rather than bottle, and Super Tawny refers to Tawnies aged 20 years or longer. The wood absorbs the dried fruit, nut, and gentle oxidative notes that define long Tawny.
At 2nd fill, the cask gives those characteristics to the whisky in a measured way. 15 months was the finishing window. The Port adds dried fig, raisin, and walnut on top of Mannochmore’s natural Speyside fruit, with a soft tannic grip on the finish.
Bottled at 55.6% cask strength, non-chill filtered, natural colour. 280 bottles total.
Specification Details
Brand Tri Carragh
Whisky style Single malt Scotch whisky
Region Speyside
Distillery Mannochmore
Age 12 years
ABV 55.6%
Volume 700 ml
Cask type 2nd Fill Port Barrique
Cask size Barrique
Additional info 15 months in an ex Super Tawny Porto cask
Distillation date 15 April 2014
Outturn 280 bottles
Release Tri Carragh Release 10
Cask strength Yes
Non-chill filtered Yes
Natural colour Yes
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