2013 SV

Clearly a different sherry style compared to the 100 Proof range, which still leaves room for the distillery character.

Dealer information: Not every Lowland single malt is as powerful and sherry-forward as this 13-year-old Auchentoshan from Signatory Vintage. Despite its intensive maturation in first-fill Oloroso sherry butts, Auchentoshan's signature triple distillation results in remarkable elegance and smoothness. Rich notes of chocolate, raisins, dates, and candied fruit mingle with nutty spice and a pleasant malty sweetness. A characterful dram that combines the refined Lowland style with the depth and intensity of first-class sherry casks.

87.5

St Andrew's Cathedral In 2026, Signatory Vintage launched a new range of single malts, each a single cask, that received a finish in a first-fill oloroso sherry butt. Furthermore, they were bottled in beautiful decanters and given the name 'The Monuments of Scotland', featuring, as expected, a famous Scottish monument on the label. At the time of writing, there were already a Benrinnes 2015, a Blair Athol 2015, and this Auchentoshan 2013, with St Andrew's Cathedral on the label—the ruins of a 12th-century cathedral. Needless to say, I immediately purchased a couple of bottles of the latter. And on the day the bottles were delivered, the first one was opened immediately! Raisins, plums, dates, walnuts, orange peel, and baked apples with cinnamon. That's the nose of this Tripel Lowlander in a nutshell. This is followed by some milk chocolate and a hint of lemongrass, as well as some late violets (by which I mean those purple gummy candies). But it must be said: the whole is elegant and certainly not over the top in terms of sherry influence. That is a very beautiful nose, indeed. It is velvety smooth on the tongue, yet it lacks nothing in power. The alcohol is perfectly integrated. Candied fruit goes hand in hand here with dark honey, toffee, candied blood orange, and plum jam. And it is in the taste that you can also recognize the house DNA, with its fresh notes of citrus and lemongrass, malt sugars, and apples. Nice! The finish is medium-long and starts sweet on raisins and cocoa, then evolves into a slightly drying, spicy finish where the oak ultimately has the last word. Especially considering its age (and the price), this is a beautiful malt in which the sherry cask has had just enough influence to turn it into a flavour explosion.

For a blog on 2 October 2026 on my website. Conclusion: "Quite a decent Auchentoshan, even though the sherry cask is the main attraction here. It masks the weakness of the Auchentoshan spirit enough to almost make you forget which distillery you are drinking from. Take my remarks with a grain of salt if you are a fan, Auchentoshan has never won over my heart."

Oak spices, dried fruits, tannins, nuts, caramel, cacao. Medium finish and the 50.8% abv is integrated decently. An inoffensive modern sherry bomb though a bit monolithic. It isn't bottled at cask strenght and not a single barrel but a mix of multiple butts.

I drank a tasting at the beginning.

Wet, well tasting, sherry casks. Clean and generic but not weak. Dusty sherry with liquorice. Rather short and uneventful finish, as with most Auchentoshans. Low to no distillery character unfortunately. Well integrated alcohol. All in all a great tasting but generic sherry bomb, well worth it's price for any fans of that type

Strong sweetener, with lots of dried fruit, jams, fruit preserves, and honey. The alcohol is perfectly integrated with the fruitiness and sweetness of this whisky. It warms pleasantly and is very easy to drink. I believe it should be sipped straight, without water.

This is my first SV Auchentoshan. Have some SV and OB Auchentoshan before but never the combination of them. It’s a light SV oloroso. Those SV sherry I have tried before an intense and great. This one is the lightest I have tried, but still good. Have Sherry is good, much better than the Auchentoshan three wood. And price is good given its quality.

87.7 Not overly sherry-forward. Very tasty whisky. Nose dusty, old wall unit. The mouth first tastes sweet, then more spicy – a nice variety. The finish is relatively long and rather dry. The aromas linger for a very long time.