CRAIGELLACHIE 13YR Mencia The Cogno family has been

The Cogno family has been producing wine for four generations in Piedmont

Domaine Humbert Frères works their parcel with careful attention to the site

and fruity Riesling character in this very ripe year

Hartford Family Winery has made this bottling a limited-production single-vineyard program since establishing the Court label in 1994

and honey rounds the finish

CRAIGELLACHIE 13YR Mencia The Cogno family has beenToasted marshmallow, roasted pineapple, and a sharp cordite edge Craigellachie 13 is immediately distinct from the floral, polished norm of Speyside. That character comes from a deliberate refusal to modernize: the distillery, built in 1891, still uses worm tub condensers, which retain more sulfurous, meaty congeners that most producers strip out. Matured in a combination of ex bourbon and ex sherry casks, the bourbon wood delivers vanilla and toffee