Old Pulteney 12 Years Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky 70cl £25 at Amazon

Deep amber red golden (with a slight pink hue) sparkling with a copper glow

Medium to high intensity and complexity green apples, toffee aromatic dry with a hint of sea air

Dry medium bodied and smooth redolent of honey and cream faintly salty with a slight sherry note and a long lasting warm finish

Matured wholly in air-dried, hand-selected ex-bourbon casks

It was awarded Gold medal by 2006 International Spirits and Wine Competition (IWSC) and 2006 San Francisco World Spirit Competition and double gold medal by 2007 in San Francisco World Spirit Competition.

2015 Silver Medal Winner - International Wine & Spirits Competition

40 Percent by Volume

Old Pulteney 12 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky, 70 cl it was awarded Gold medal by 2006 International Spirits and Wine Competition (IWSC) and 2006 San Francisco World Spirit Competition and double gold medal by 2007 in San Francisco World Spirit Competition.

Firm-bodied and smooth to taste. Notes of honey and cream from the first drops. Develops ripe, fruity overtones and fresh spice. Lively and faintly salty on the long-lasting finish.

Our Twelve Years Old is matured next to the sea exclusively in fine American oak ex-bourbon casks. Flickering from amber to gold and copper on the eye, subtly intense waves of fresh brine, toffee and salty sea air recollect the Caithness coastline, with honey, vanilla and spicy fruit washing across the palette in a faintly salty, long-lasting finish.

Old Pulteney Twelve Years Old is matured in fine oak, hand-selected ex-bourbon casks, gently absorbing the distinctive sea air. Lively, with a delicate mineral-salted spiciness, Old Pulteney Twelve Years Old is a singular and evocative spirit - truly The Maritime Malt.

As the man behind the town's 19th Century fishing boom, Sir William Pulteney put Wick on the map, but today the Pulteney name is better known for its unique single malt whisky. Distilled and matured by the sea, the liquid in our casks is cocooned by salty air swept ashore on Arctic winds.

During Wick's heyday as Europe's herring capital, the vessels, adorned with their generous, sparkling hauls of silver darlings, also carried fishermen in their droves. Exhausted after weeks of high seas hardship, the courageous seafarers who landed silver by the barrel were rewarded with liquid gold by the cask.

Since 1826, Pulteney Distillery has endured everything nature and man can throw at it, including 25 years of prohibition. Old Pulteney is inseparable from the spirit of the harbour town it calls home which is why it will always be The Maritime Malt.

Some say that back in the day our wash still had to be shortened to fit in the still house, resulting in its unusual shape today. What's certain is that the 'smugglers' kettles', as it's affectionately known, is the beating heart of the distillery, shaping the style of both our bottle and the precious whisky it harbours.