House of Hazelwood : The Lowlander 36 Year Old

Tasting Characteristics and Advice for The Lowlander 36 Years Old by House of Hazelwood

Tasting

Appearance
The Lowlander 36 Years Old shows a "Soft Amber" hue in the glass, a gentle amber tone that reflects a long interaction with American white oak, with no added colouring. This natural hue, combined with the absence of cold filtration, hints at a rich texture and a slight density on the palate.

Nose
The nose opens discreetly, echoing the often reserved character of the Lowlands, before revealing notes of "vintage cars" evoking leather and old metal, followed by a granite minerality and a herbaceous freshness of meadow grass. Over time, touches of tangerine, freshly cut grass and hedgerows come together to complete this bright and vegetal aromatic picture.

Palate
The palate opens soft and sweet, carried by a burst of spun sugar, before evolving towards drier notes of starfruit. A gentle whisper of oaky smoke appears discreetly, while a touch of salinity brings tension and freshness to the whole. The finish, long and "mouth-watering", leaves a lingering, saliva-inducing sensation, a mark of remarkable balance for a whisky of this age.

Pairings and Tasting Moments
The natural cask strength, set at 45.9% vol., allows everyone to adjust dilution to their own taste, with a few drops of water able to further reveal the whisky's herbaceous and mineral dimension, at the cost of a slight opalescence characteristic of non-chill-filtered whiskies. It is recommended to take the time to let the nose open up before tasting, as this whisky reveals itself gradually rather than all at once.

Mixology
Given its exceptional age of 36 years and its status as a collector's whisky produced in extremely limited quantities, The Lowlander is best enjoyed neat, above all, in order to preserve the integrity and subtlety of its aromatic profile.

Other Characteristics
The Lowlander is a blended Scotch that is not intended to be a smoky whisky in the peated sense of the term: the slight smoky note perceived on the palate comes from the oak and the long maturation, rather than a pronounced peaty profile, unlike other expressions in the House of Hazelwood range such as A Trail of Smoke. Each bottle, bottled without chill filtration or added colouring, is presented in a hand-numbered decanter and accompanied by a gift box.

The Lowlander 36 Years Old: A Bright and Mineral Blended Scotch Dedicated to the Lowlands

House of Hazelwood, Guardian of the Gordon Family's Treasures

House of Hazelwood is a Scotch whisky house founded in 2022 to reveal a family stock of very old whiskies, built up since the 1950s by the Gordon family, descendants of William Grant through the marriage of Charles Gordon and Isabella Grant. Rooted in Dufftown, at the heart of Speyside, and nourished by the heritage of the Cabrach, House of Hazelwood draws on what it presents as the largest inventory of aged Scotch in the world to offer bottlings in very small batches. The house, led on the marketing side by Jonathan Gibson, formerly of BrewDog and Compass Box, celebrates rare blends and the "old ways" of Scotch. The estate remains today in the hands of the Gordon family, who continue to pass on this liquid heritage from generation to generation.

The Lowlander 36 Years Old: A Refined Tribute to the Lowlands Distilleries

The Lowlander 36 Years Old is a blended Scotch whisky crafted by House of Hazelwood from several Lowlands distilleries, a region long considered understated within the Scotch landscape. This blend brings together malt and grain whiskies aged at least 36 years, matured in American white oak casks, then bottled at natural cask strength, namely 45.9% vol., without chill filtration or added colouring. This artisanal approach aims to preserve the whisky's aromatic integrity and reveal the unsuspected finesse of the Lowlands, a region too often seen as minor compared to Speyside or the Highlands.

The product is part of House of Hazelwood's Legacy Collection, alongside expressions such as A Trail of Smoke and The Eight Grain, each exploring a different facet of Scotland's heritage. Its rarity is structural, with each bottle presented in a hand-numbered decanter and accompanied by a gift box, reinforcing its status as a collector's item. The Lowlander 36 Years Old is aimed at knowledgeable enthusiasts and collectors, drawn to this contemporary and sophisticated take on a region of Scotch whisky too long overlooked.