2007 North Star Loch Lomond (Croftengea) 13 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky (700ml)

Aged for 13 years in a refill hogshead, just a handful of this Highland oddity are available from an original 255 bottles. The name is enough to intrigue even veteran malt lovers. 'Croftengea' is actually produced by Loch Lomond distillery and equates to a classification for a spirit type. According to scotchwhisky.com, "These spirits span various cut points, yeast types and peating levels, with Croftengea sitting at the heavily peated end of the spectrum – indeed the distillery says this is its most heavily peated whisky." North Star descibe aromas of black peppercorns and flavours of sweet and salted peppercorns with a good dose of highland peat. 49.5% Alc./Vol. Non chill filtered.