Vatted Malts (Blended Malt Scotch Whisky)

A Vatted Malt (aka Pure Malt) is a blend of different single malt whiskies from several distilleries. The malts would have been skilfully selected to create an whisky of unique and idiosyncratic character. The vatting process (re-casking into a single container) allows the flavours of the individual malts to integrate (to "marry" together).

However, unlike the whiskies simply labelled as "Blends/Blended", vatted malts do not contain any grain whisky. The Scotch Whisky Association has recently re-named the vatted malts category as Blended Malt Scotch Whisky.

One of the most renowned ambassadors of the vatted malts category has been Johnnie Walker Green Label. Other examples include Poit Dhubh,  Eleuthera by Compass Box (vatted from Caol Ila and Clynelish), Macphails and Berrys' pride, Blue Hanger (the 3rd release of its 30yr style has been voted in 2008 as the World's Best Blended Malt Scotch Whisky)

Find out about other whisky styles in the dedicated pages for Single Malt Scotch Whisky (Lowlands, Highlands, Speyside, Islay, Campbeltown, Orkney, Skye, Mull, Jura, Arran ) Grain Whisky , Blended Whisky , Vatted Malt Whisky (aka Blended Malt) and World Whiskies  that includes Irish Whiskies, Japanese Whisky and American Whiskey and Bourbon.