Berry Bros. & Rudd Orkney 19 Year Old Refill Sherry Single Cask

All delicious, undulating oiliness and oodles of citrus and spice from its full maturation in a refill Sherry hogshead, this 2006 vintage showcases the classically fruity spirit of its undisclosed Orkney distillery. (A little hint: there’s only three distilleries on the islands and this lightly peated spirit is unmistakable).

This undisclosed Orkney bottling is landing as a Club-exclusive from Berry Bros. & Rudd, one of the most prestigious luxury brands in the world.

Founded in 1698 at No. 3 St James’s Street, London, it’s the UK’s oldest spirits and wine merchant. Today, over 325 years later, the business is still running from the same address, and owned by the same family. Originally a grocery store, Berry Bros. shifted their focus to liquor in the very early 1800s, later joining forces with fellow wine merchant Hugh Rudd to become Berry Bros. & Rudd in 1920. They’ve had access to the absolute cream of the crop when it comes to whisky stocks for close to two centuries now, sitting them at the very pinnacle of the liquor trade.

When their bottles land in Australia, they don’t last long – especially with such incredibly good specs.

Berry Bros. & Rudd Orkney 19 Year Old Refill Sherry Single Cask is bottled straight from the cask: non-chill filtered, natural in colour, and at natural cask strength of 58% ABV. And at $235, it’s probably the best value [distillery name redacted] that you’ll find anywhere. Here in Australia, we’ve not seen anything in stock below $400.

It was available exclusively to Club Members in strictly limited numbers.