Welcome back Everyone. I think after reviewing so many Irish whiskeys, it is time to go back to Scotland. It is time to review a scotch whisky. I was scrolling through my notes and pictures and I was very surprised to see, that I have not yet reviewed the Old Perth Double Sherry Wood from MSWD. Let's see what this whisky is all about.

Check out my previous reviews of bottles from MSWD by clicking the links below.

About Morrisons Scotch Whisky Distillers

Morrison Scotch Whisky Distillers is solely owned and operated by one of Scotland's oldest and most prominent whisky families, Jamie and Brian Morrison.

They own the following brands: Cárn Mór, Old Perth, Mac-Talla and Bruadar Single Malt. And they also own Aberargie distillery.

About Old Perth & the city

The Scottish city of Perth was historically the home of many a whisky company. It was the blending capital of the world where great blended malts were created however, over time, Perth became the forgotten whisky city.

Perth is a centrally located Scottish city, on the banks of the River Tay. It is the administrative centre of Perth and Kinross council area and is the historic county town of Perthshire.

The founding of Perth Academy in 1760 helped to bring major industries to the city, including the production of linen, leather, bleach and whisky. Perth was fortuitously placed to become a key transport centre with the coming of the railways, and its first station was built in 1848.

Peter Thomson started out in the grocery, wine and spirits business in Perth in 1908 and very soon established his own whisky blends. One of these was Old Perth, which proved popular in the on-trade throughout its existence. As the company evolved into a wholesale agency and wine and spirits distributor, Old Perth was somewhat sidelined by its stablemate Beneagles, so Thomson's travellers incentivised deals with customers by including a bottle of Old Perth with every case of Beneagles.

By 1969 sales of Old Perth were stagnant, although it was recorded that due to the high malt content (and inclusion of the Macallan), it was regarded as one of the best blends available.

In 1973 the retail side of the business was wound up to concentrate solely on wholesale and distribution. Old Perth was eventually replaced in Peter Thomson's portfolio by Beneagles Deluxe due to the latter's growing success.

In 1983 the company was sold to the Stakis organisation which then sold Peter Thomson (Perth) Ltd on in 1985 to Leith-based Charles Mackinlay & Co., the sister company of Waverley Vintners Limited, owned by Scottish & Newcastle Breweries plc. Later that year Mackinlay was acquired by Invergordon Distillers which itself later became part of Whyte & Mackay.

In 2014 Morrison & Mackay expanded into Scotch blending with the acquisition of the Old Perth brand, which it re-launched as an ex-Sherry cask matured blended malt.

Following the decline of the local whisky industry, the city diversified its economy. 

Old Perth brings together the finest of sherry matured malt whisky from a selection of pedigree Speyside distilleries and expertly blends them in our home city of Perth, Scotland.

Nobody knows exactly what single malts they use at Old Perth. There have been many speculations. Some people say that this blended malt contains whiskies from Macallan, Dalmore, Glenrothes, Craigallachie, Blair Athol and Mortlach. All of these whiskies are of stellar quality.

"THE FINEST SHERRY MATURED SCOTCH MALT WHISKIES SPECIALLY SELECTED TO HONOUR THE BIRTHPLACE OF BLENDING."

Old Perth Double Sherry Wood - Natural Color, Non-chill filtered, 48.2%

"Old Perth Double Sherry Wood is our latest addition into the core range. This whisky boasts a balanced fusion of Oloroso and PX sherry maturation, delivering warming spice, rich, fruity undertones, and exceptional depth."

Nose: Bright and young. Metallic note and an eenie-weenie astringency. At first gives off a few grassy and vanilla notes. Followed by toffee, caramel and milk chocolate. Raisins, prunes and dates. Lots of red berries. Sadly I detect a note that I truly, really do not like. An artifical, seasoned, rubbery sherry note. Modern rubbery sherry is what I like to call it. It is a note I absolutely hate. Did it have some seasoned casks in the mix? Who knows. The note is here, and I do not like it. Without this note however this would be lovely. Like this I can only say that it is an OK nose, but not really for me.

Taste: Very thick and sweet. Syrupy. Almost too sweet. Lots of sherry notes. Dried fruits and red berries.  Lots of vanilla and brown sugar. Leather and hay. Tobacco leaves and lots of chocolate. Thankfully I cannot detect that modern rubbery sherry in the taste. It is very tasty and very nice albeit a bit too sweet for me. If you have a sweet tooth, you will like this.

Finish: Long and lingering. Red berries, roasted coffee beans, tobacco leaves and oak. It gets dry by the end. I actually like the finish the most. Great.

Overall this whisky is not for me. Sadly I can smell that rubbery sherry in the nose that I truly hate and on the palate it is a bit too sweet for me. The finish is lovely in my opinion tho. The sweetness is balanced by the coffee bean taste and the oak. I rate this whisky 8.1/10. However I encourage you to try it, if you are not "allergic" to the modern sherry rubber note and you also have a sweet tooth, this will be a stellar whisky for you. Buy it, try it. Drink responsibly.

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