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13th September 2019 |
Review of the
Artis Secretum 2011 Cask No.900284 from
the Whisky Illuminati Solaria Series.
 Artis
Secretum 2011 Cask No.900284 is one of
five new single cask whiskies in the new
Solaria Series from independent whisky
bottler
Whisky Illuminati.
It is the first of three releases from
cask No.900284 with a further 2 releases
from the same cask scheduled to be drawn
and bottled over the next four years.
The new Solaria Series aims to give
whisky enthusiasts the opportunity to
explore how Scotch whisky evolves in the
cask over time, thanks to its three-part
bottling. Following this first edition
(1:3) release in 2019, there will be a
second release in 2021, with the final
batch set for release in 2023.
Out of the line up of five single cask
whiskies in the
Solaria Series Artis Secretum which is
Latin for trade secret is slightly
different in that Whisky Illuminati have
not revealed the distillery the whisky
originated from, they do however tell us
that similar to all the whiskies
whiskies in the series it was produced
in the Speyside region.
The new Solaria Series aims to give
whisky enthusiasts the opportunity to
explore how Scotch whisky evolves in the
cask over time, thanks to its three-part
bottling. Following this first edition
(1:3) release in 2019, there will be a
second release in 2021, with the final
batch set for release in 2023.
Artis Secretum 2011 Cask No.900284
bottling 1 of 3 has been fully matured
in a First Fill Spanish Oak Sherry Butt,
the trade secret whisky is non chill-filtered, naturally coloured
and has been bottled at a higher than
normal cask strength than we would
normally see from any bottler, 67.1% ABV.
This first batch of the
Artis Secretum 2011
Solaria Series is a release of
150 bottles and is
available from from
specialist whisky shops such as
Master of
Malt
William
Morrison's Tasting Notes:
Nose:
A bitter sweet mix of plum jam and rum
soaked sultanas, some mildly treacled
toffee.
Taste:
A delicious mix of honey coated raisins
and sultanas, oak spice infused
chocolate orange and barley sugar sweet
treacle toffee.
Finish:
A long lush sherried finish which which
see the sherried fruit eventually giving
way to the oak spice with a lovely touch
of ginger hanging in there for an age.
Comment:
A young deliciously sherried Glenfarclas perhaps? And a good one! What does it matter really
where it originated from as
long as it is an enjoyable dram and this
is a very enjoyable dram. Still a wee hint of
spirity youthfulness on the nose but the
pleasure on the palate and the finish
more than makes up for it, perhaps it is
the flavoursome 67.1% bottling strength
of
Artis Secretum which makes it so good,
it certainly demonstrates how good a
whisky can be when bottled at higher
strength. I tried adding a drop of
water, probably taking it down to around
50% but the pleasure was vastly reduced.
I can only see this one getting better.
SMW Score
88/100
You
can find the Whisky Illuminati Solaria
Series 1 of 3 Single Cask releases available from specialist
whisky retailers such as
Master of
Malt
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