You can buy Glen Scotia Double Cask Red Wine Cask Finish from Master of Malt now.
We’ve got a new whisky, folks. And we’re the only ones to have it.
This 2025 edition of Glen Scotia Double Cask takes the Campbeltown distillery’s maritime single malt and gives it a smart new coat: nine months in Bordeaux red wine casks.
The result is unmistakably Glen Scotia, just with a twist.
New Glen Scotia and you can only get it here!
Why red wine casks can go sideways
Red wine casks aren’t shy. They come with a lot of baggage, heavy tannins, big oak influence, and bold, sometimes jammy fruit.
If a distillery’s spirit is too light, the finish can overwhelm it. If the cask management is off, you get sulphur, bitterness, or a weird disconnect between nose and palate.
It’s the kind of finish that demands balance and patience, not just throwing something in a barrel and hoping for the best.
Get it right, though, and you can add vibrancy or depth where a whisky is lacking, or add contrasting and complementary flavours to an already well-developed spirit.
Glen Scotia, thankfully, knows how to keep its footing. This means that its new release didn’t raise much of an eyebrow for me.
Red wine casks can be tricky. They’re used expertly here.
What Glen Scotia does best
Glen Scotia is a Scotch whisky distillery with a backbone of sea breeze, spice, minerality, and typically a bourbon-barrel base that lets those elements shine while adding creamy vanilla and coconutty goodness. If you know how to match it, it’s the perfect canvas for bold finishes.
It’s also one of the last distilleries standing in Campbeltown, a region once packed with producers. These days, Glen Scotia carries that history with pride, producing whiskies that still have a bit of that no-nonsense, characterful, and coastal old-school edge.
That’s why the Double Cask series works. The spirit has enough strength to take on extra flavour without losing itself.
Have you tasted the new Glen Scotia yet?
So what does this wine-finished Glen Scotia taste like?
In short, it’s rather lovely. Like a Victoria Sponge Cake. Made in a chippy. That’s on fire. But in a good way. Y’know?
Glen Scotia Double Cask Red Wine Cask Finish Tasting Notes:
Nose: Strawberry laces, vanilla, peppery spice, Frazzles, oyster shells, and coffee fudge. There’s a tart hint of raspberry, too, as well as a coconut sweetness typical of American oak.
Palate: It’s very elegant and pretty thanks to all the red fruit and cakey sweetness, but there’s an edge of Glen Scotia maritime muscle keeping things rounded and complex. Strawberry jam, vanilla icing, aromatic baking spices, wine-stained oak, seaweed, salted caramel flapjacks, and black pepper grounds.
Finish: Beach BBQ, redcurrant, cockles, cinnamon, and caramel.
For an extended period, we are the only retailer who have this beauty
The Last Drop: Glen Scotia Double Cask Red Wine Cask
Red wine cask finishes are risky business, but Glen Scotia pulls it off with salty swagger. It’s a proper, structured single malt, and it’s one you’ll only find here at Master of Malt. That sounds like a win-win to us.
You can buy Glen Scotia Double Cask Red Wine Cask Finish from Master of Malt now.
