Robin Redcap
Named for the malevolent sprite said to haunt Hermitage Castle, this whisky evokes the mischief and dark charm of legend. A blend of four 15-year-old whiskies aged in oloroso, madeira and bourbon casks, both first-fill and refill, revealing layers of red fruit, honey and spice.
Bottled at cask strength without chill-filtration or colouring. Presented in a beautifully crafted gift box.
Nose: Red fruit and boiled sweets. Port, peaches, grassy, honey, fizzy lemonade.
Palate: Honey, fruit, full bodied, butterscotch with an undertone of linseed oil, green pepper and vanilla but wrapped with a touch of gingery honey.
The most famous Border’s Powrie, the local name given to a malevolent Scottish Sprite, was Robin Redcap. From the 1300s, he was said to haunt the formidable Hermitage Castle in Roxburghshire, which was then home to Sir William de Soulis. De Soulis was reputed to be a cruel and evil man, a practitioner of the black arts, encouraged to ever greater evils by his unholy Powrie familiar.
The King of Scotland eventually took against de Soulis. To counter his supposed magical invulnerability to injury, and to suppress the dark humours said to escape from him, de Soulis was captured, rolled into a lead sheet, and cast into a boiling cauldron that melted him – lead, body, bones, and all.
It was believed that when his master perished, Robin Redcap disappeared – but perhaps not forever. Legend has it that the devilish goblin had amassed a treasure hoard, hidden in a barrel that still lies buried near Hermitage Castle. Over the years, there have been whispered sightings of the terrible sprite – always with a tankard of whisky in hand, said to be keeping watch of his hoard… We continue to keep a look out in case he is reiving from our whisky barrels.
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