Nose: Coastal peat smoke, vanilla and tangy and bright citrus zest. Palate: Maritime peat, ripe orchard fruit, warm oak and a gentle, warm black pepper spice. Finish: Lingering peat with a subtle seaweed salinity.

Our seasonal small batch releases showcase the signature Lochlea style in four different ways each year. As a working farm, these expressions tie-in to reflect the farming calendar. In our ‘Fallow Edition’ (Second Crop), we’ve chosen a combination of Oloroso and Pedro Ximenez Sherry casks to create a beautifully rich, autumnal dram that has a very different flavour profile to ‘Fallow Edition’ (First Crop). The Oloroso butts give rich notes of manuka honey and golden syrup, whilst the introduction of the PX casks provides warming layers of sweetly spiced ginger candy and ground coffee beans. The third in a new set of four limited editions, ‘Fallow Edition’ (Second Crop) reflects the season of autumn on the farm, when the fields are left fallow to rest after a busy harvest.

Ultra smooth, barley sugar sweetness, gooseberry and crisp grape.

Full bodied malt, rich and smoothly mouth-filling texture, meaty with dry spices. Perfect harmony.

The third of four annual seasonal releases that evoke the farming year - although 2024 is the final year of this range - Fallow sees the heavy influence of first-fill Oloroso Sherry casks. Whereas the First Crop used just Pedro Ximenez Sherry and the Second Crop used both PX and Oloroso casks, the use of solely Oloroso barrels produces a rich, intense colour and a profile of stewed prunes with a hint of coffee. It's got a real dark fruitcake feel and would be a perfect Christmas whisky!