Cotswolds 5 Year Old 2018 - The Heart Cut #6

The Heart Cut is a new independent bottler from wife and husband duo Georgie Bell and Fabrizio Leoni. Both have spent their whole careers in drinks, with Georgie named Whisky Ambassador of the Year 2020 at the Icons of Whisky awards as well as working prominently across Bacardi and Diageo’s biggest malts. The Heart Cut’s early releases are a real statement of intent, including exciting whiskies from across America, England, Scandinavia and beyond.

Release #6 is from Cotswolds, a multi-award-winner at the forefront of English whisky. As with Kingsbarns last month, most of their spirit goes into ex-bourbon or STR (shaved, toasted and recharred) red wine casks, but once again this is something a little different. It’s a rare Cotswolds bottling matured in a single fresh American oak cask that had no prior contents. Big and impressive stuff.