First Fill Tempranillo Wine Cask Archives - Flickenschild Whisky & Zigarren: WHIZITA https://www.whizita.de/en/cask_type/first-fill-tempranillo-wine-cask-en/ Mon, 05 Oct 2026 13:50:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://www.whizita.de/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/favicon-96x96-2.png First Fill Tempranillo Wine Cask Archives - Flickenschild Whisky & Zigarren: WHIZITA https://www.whizita.de/en/cask_type/first-fill-tempranillo-wine-cask-en/ 32 32 Ben Nevis 2012 Old Friends – 57,6% https://www.whizita.de/en/product/ben-nevis-2012-old-friends-576/ Fri, 24 Apr 2026 12:39:04 +0000 https://www.whizita.de/?post_type=product&p=180478 This Ben Nevis was matured for over 13 years in a first-fill Tempranillo barrique and was bottled for the Old Friends series. The label on the bottle features the Wright brothers.

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]]> The distillery lays at the bottom of the Ben Nevis, the highest mountain of Scotland, located at the Western Highlands next to Fort William. It was built 1825 by John McDonald, a descendant of the Lord of the Isles. Between 1984 and 1990 the production was stopped, after Nikka took over the company the production continued one year later. The water for Ben Nevis comes from the Allt A Mhullin Burn.

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]]> Callisto XIII Scotch Universe – 55.2% https://www.whizita.de/en/product/callisto-xiii-scotch-universe-55-2/ Wed, 22 Feb 2023 12:00:59 +0000 https://www.whizita.de/?post_type=product&p=135795 The universe - an infinite space full of secrets waiting to be discovered. Michel Reick could hardly have found a more fitting synonym for the diverse world of Scotch whiskies for his brand. With Scotch Universe, he leads us on a taste journey - as complex and fascinating as outer space. On the flight path are distilleries from all regions of Scotland, which come up with handpicked single malts or single grains. Some of them smoky and stormy like a star collision. Others serene and balanced like the dark side of the moon. All named after celestial phenomena.
Spectrums of colour, glistening light or dense darkness: discovering the Scotch Universe can feel like looking through a telescope into unexplored worlds. And just like these, the brand's whiskies do not reveal all their secrets. The fact is: all of them come from carefully selected casks bottled separately in Scotland, are neither chill-filtered nor coloured and have a high, cask strength alcohol content. In addition, the label with coordinates leaves plenty of room for speculation and the spirit of discovery.
The Callisto XIII was distilled in 2010 and bottled under the Scotch Universe label after 145 months of maturation in a First Fill Tempranillo Wine Cask. It is a peated Islay whisky.
Tasting Notes:
Nose: Maritime peat smoke melds with dark grape and smoked bacon as the base notes. This is joined by rye crisp bread and a light honey sweetness.
Palate: Strong peat smoke, balanced by honey-drenched fruit, candied bacon, a hint of garden herbs and renewed sweetness.
Finish: Long, with peat smoke and distinct, only slowly fading sweetness.

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]]> The Scotch Universe series is an independent bottling series from the pen of Michel Reick. The labels of the bottlings reveal something about the origin of the whiskies, but the exact distiller’s name is not mentioned.

Der Eintrag Callisto XIII Scotch Universe – 55.2% erschien zuerst unter Flickenschild Whisky & Zigarren: WHIZITA.

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