Intense and Seductive at the Same Time (As the Name Suggests!)
Limited release. Endast 350 cases producerade! Release date 2 october 2006

We’ve been working on several maturation projects over recent years. And Flaming Heart is one product of this work that we think is pretty breathtaking.

Limited Release Bottling Number FH16 MMVI

Reading the Limited Release Bottling Numbers: The first letters, “FH” represents “Flaming Heart”, the “16” tells you the age of the oldest whisky in the batch, and the “MMVI” stands for Roman numerals indicating this batch was bottled in 2006.

Flavour Descriptors: Peat and smoke, wrapped up in rich, spice and dried fruit-laden maltiness.
Recommendations: When you’re ready for a full-on mouthful of malt.
Distillery Sourcing: Single malts from the villages of Port Askaig (Islay) for the smoke & peat, and Brora and Longmorn for the richness and spice-fruit complexity. Aged up to 16 years.
Wood: Islay whisky from refill American oak hogsheads, other malts from new French oak.
Bottling Details: Bottled at 48.9% Abv. Natural Colour. Not Chill Filtered. Bottled just over 350 six-pack cases in 70cl bottles.
John’s Notes: "Flaming Heart" is one of the first whiskies we've bottled in our "Limited Release" Range.

It takes its name from the M. Ward song "Flaming Heart"....

...It was one of those nights when you're up late after everyone else has gone to bed, but you still have energy to burn. I was listening to M. Ward's album End of Amnesia on the headphones while swirling and enjoying a big glass of whisky ("Eleuthera", from memory). And I remember thinking that "Flaming Heart" would make a great name for a whisky. (Well I'm trying hard to pass the time/but I just got more time to kill/You know the flaming heart can't get his fill.) All I needed was a whisky that would fit the name. This was some time last year.

And then, earlier this year, (with some inspiration from my friend Mario in Belgium), I fashioned this combination of intense smoke and intense sweet. And I thought: this is it! THIS is "Flaming Heart"!

It's a six cask malt whisky batch in which four of the casks come from our new French oak maturation trials. I found that these casks complement (in an extraordinary and dramatic way) casks of heavily peated Islay malt whisky!

In "Flaming Heart" you'll find an amalgam:

* You'll detect the peatiness of our favourite Islay malt whisky distillery...
* ...And you'll pick up malty and fruity notes of one or two of our favourite Highland malt distilleries..
* ...And you'll definitely pick up aromas that remind you of clove and cardamom and cinnamon alongside dried fruit character and stone fruit character...
* ...You'll experience a big, full palate of flavour, a touch sweet but balanced.... And very long.

It's one of those whiskies that immediately calls you back to the glass for another. Which is rather amazing, given it's bottled at 48.9%!

We've bottled just over 350 six-pack cases of "Flaming Heart" in 70cl bottles, which means it will only be available in the parts of Europe, Asia and Australia where we have importers (Apologies to US and Canada.) We don't know if we'll be able to make this again due to the special nature of these casks, so please enjoy it while it lasts!