Loch Lomond 24 Year The Open Course Collection: 2024 152th Royal Troon Manzanilla Sherry Cask Highland Single Malt Whisky 2025 L'Assemblage Part 2 Hardy Wallace's project pushes California

Hardy Wallace's project pushes California Grenache into unexplored territory with this light-bodied yet remarkably deep wine from Chalone

and crucially: 41 months aging in neutral barrel with no topping

Only four main botanical flavors are used

relying upon the marine influence of the nearby Pacific to keep it exceptionally cool and the evening fog to provide moisture

Sleek acidity carries salty minerals throughout

Loch Lomond 24 Year The Open Course Collection: 2024 152th Royal Troon Manzanilla Sherry Cask Highland Single Malt Whisky 2025 L'Assemblage Part 2 Hardy Wallace's project pushes CaliforniaA 24 year old Highland malt released for The Open at Royal Troon, and the cask is the part worth talking about. Loch Lomond has been the official spirit of The Open for years, which usually means a commemorative box and not much more, but here they've taken genuinely old whisky and finished it in Manzanilla sherry casks. Manzanilla is the leanest and saltiest of the sherries, aged on the coast at Sanlucar, and it's an unusual pick for whisky: instead