[Leica] Gold but not in a Fort Knox way

[jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)]

Philippe,
Most of the barrels used in maturing Scotch are either from the
Bourbon houses in the USA or from the Sherry soleras in Spain, mainly
Oloroso casks. Port casks were also used now and then. Nowadays,
though, with the Single Malts attaining cult fashion status, more and
more wine and other exotic liquor cask matured whisky is being
released, mainly by Glenmorangie and Bowmore. It seems to me that you
cannot get a traditional Islay malt from Bowmore any more! They call
it brand extension, but most of these that I have tasted are not to my
taste, being too sweet - I like the peaty stuff.
Cheers
Jayanand

On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 12:25 AM, philippe.amard <philippe.amard at sfr.fr> 
wrote:
> La part des Anges Douglas, I'd be satisfied with just this ;-)
>
> BTW some Scotch Whiskies (are there any other BTW?) are aged in barrels
> bought from Yquem and a few other select wineries (I hate the term, smacks
> of manufactured goods and not of art, or at least crafmanship).
>
> Thanks for the fumes
> Philippe
>
>