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Port of Leith Oloroso Sherry

Port of Leith Oloroso Sherry

£21.50
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Producer Port of Leith Distillery
Country Scotland
Region Edinburgh, Leith
ABV 17.50%

Tasting Notes

Walnut, Toffee, Leather and Spice

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More About Port of Leith Oloroso Sherry

This is a modern bottling of traditional Spanish Oloroso sherry from Bodegas Barón in Jerez, selected and released by Port of Leith Distillery in Edinburgh, primarily to showcase the style they use for seasoning their whisky casks.

Oloroso itself is a fully oxidative style of sherry, meaning it develops without the protective flor yeast layer, resulting in a deeper, darker, more nutty and structured wine compared to fresher sherry styles. It’s typically dry, often with only minimal residual sugar, and built around long ageing in oak under exposure to air.

In the glass, this expression sits in the amber-to-deep mahogany spectrum, with immediate aromas of dried figs, raisins, orange peel and toasted nuts, backed by layers of oak spice and a slightly earthy, vinous depth.

 

Meet the Producer, Port of Leith Distillery

Port of Leith Distillery

Style: Distillery & Independent Bottlers

Building a whisky distillery vertically sounds exactly like the sort of idea somebody would either dismiss immediately or become completely obsessed with. Port of Leith chose the second option.

Sitting on Edinburgh’s waterfront in Leith, the distillery became famous long before releasing mature whisky thanks to its striking tower design. The logic is surprisingly practical. Production starts at the top of the building and gradually moves downward by gravity through the distilling process. It also happens to look like something between a modern art project and a very ambitious engineering experiment.

The whisky itself is still young in industry terms, but the wider project has always been about more than simply making another Scotch. The team behind it spent years importing and bottling wine through Leith Export Co, building strong links with sherry producers and wine regions that naturally feed into future cask maturation plans.

Their Lind & Lime Gin arrived before the whisky and quickly gained a following for its clean, citrus-led style. Juniper remains central, but lime peel and pink peppercorn give it brightness and structure without drifting into flavoured-gin territory.

What makes the distillery interesting is that it feels genuinely tied to Leith rather than simply borrowing the postcode. The area has transformed dramatically over recent years, becoming one of Scotland’s most vibrant food and drink districts. Port of Leith fits naturally into that landscape. Ambitious, slightly unconventional and refreshingly confident about doing things differently.