
Isle of Jura Red Wine Cask Finish
June 28, 2024Speyside Hero Vol. VI Blended Malt

Speyside Hero is a series of blended malt expressions by an German independent whisky bottler called The Whisky Chamber (owned by Thomas Ide). I found this expression on my trip to Berlin, from Simply Great Whisky shop. SGW had a quite large selection of Whisky Chamber’s blended malt whiskies and this one immediately caught my attention.
13 year old blend of Macallan and Glenrothes distilleries’ malt whisky, matured in Ruby Port Hogshead and bottled in natural color without chill-filtration. SGW’s owner gave me a sample in a whisky tasting glass and the taste was good so I had to go with this one. Although there were lots of other good candidates available, you should check out Whisky Chamber’s range from their website.

My bottle is no. 73 out of 220, bottled January 11th 2023, distilled September 1st 2009
Ruby, Ruby, Ruby, Ruby!
This got me singing like Kaiser Chiefs. The port cask affect is so strong. But like Ricky Wilson, the lead singer sang:
“There is nothing I need, except the function to breathe”
It’s powerful so let it rest in the glass, give it some time and air. Although I was already convinced after the first sip that this is a good, tasty whisky.
Speyside Hero Vol 6 Scoring
90
Simply Great Whisky shop at Gleimstraße, Berlin, Germany

SGW’s nice owner Frank gave me a permission to take photos of his cozy store

Whisky Chamber’s selection shelf

Frank gave me a sample before buying my own bottle. Tasted great and still does!