Darkness, Sherry Cask Finish, 8-Year-Old, Single Malt Scotch Whisky (47.8%)

Darkness, Sherry Cask Finish, 8-Year-Old, Single Malt Scotch Whisky (47.8%)

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Darkness, Sherry Cask Finish, 8-Year-Old, Single Malt Scotch Whisky (47.8%)

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The price of the 70cl bottle, reduced from £51 previously, includes a 10% discount. This offer does not apply to BBX listings.

At the core of this Darkness expression is an eight year old single malt Scotch whisky which has been matured in ex-bourbon barrels. Following that, the whisky is moved over to custom-made Oloroso sherry octave casks holding around 50 litres each, for at least three months. It's also non-chill filtered, and bottled without any additional colouring.

Small casks make for an increased surface area to volume ratio compared to much larger sherry butts, leading to more cask influence and more of those intense sherried notes such as dried fruits and dark spices.

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Scotch whisky

Scotch whisky

The styles of Scotch Whisky:

  • Malt Whisky is produced only from 100% malted barley.
  • Grain Whisky derives from a mixture of cereals (e.g. corn, maize) that may or may not include barley.
  • Blended Whisky combines grain and malt whiskies.
  • Vatted Malt Whisky (aka Blended Malt) involves the blending of several single malt scotch whiskies from different distilleries.


The traditional regions of Scotch whisky
Lowlands: North of the English border, and south of a line drawn between Greenock in the west, and Dundee in the east, Lowlands produces subtle whiskies of delicate floral, grassy character and little or no peat influence.

Highlands: This is a broad area, lying between Speyside and   with distinct regional variation in the malts produced, ranging from richness and fullness of flavour (Northern Highlands) to sweet, delicate peatiness (Eastern Highlands), to maritime characters (Western Highlands), the clean fruitiness (Perthshire)

Speyside: It encompasses more than half of Scotland's distilleries. Speysides are essentially sweet whiskies, with just a whiff of peatiness, typically highly perfumed, feminine and elegant.

Islay: The peaty soil and Islay's maritime exposure on the west coast of Scotland results in the most robust, oily, heavily-peated, medicinal style of malts.

Campbeltown: At the toe of the Kintyre peninsula, it counts only two active distilleries, Glen Scotia and Springbank. The whiskies share a distinct maritime influence (salty and sewed characters) overlaid with smoky notes

The Scottish Islands: Orkney, Shetland (with Scotland's most northern distillery), Skye, Mull, Jura and Arran typically produce robust malts, at various degrees of peat and smoke intensity. Some are more akin to Highland malts, others evoke Islay malts.

As well as the whiskies listed below in the BBR website,  the Spirits Room in our London Shop holds further stocks of  rare and premium whiskies, many exclusive to Berry Bros & Rudd.

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