Producer / Blender: Woven Whisky (Boutique studio founded by creators Peter Allison, Duncan McRae, and Nick Ravenhall, focused on reviving the golden age of blending in Leith with a modern, disruptive approach).

Specific Origin: Blended and bottled in Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland (using selected spirits from Scotland and New Zealand).

Blend Composition: 69% Scottish Lowlands Single Grain Whisky (North British) and 31% Mānuka Wood Smoked Single Malt from New Zealand (Thomson Whisky).

Maturation and Casks: Components aged separately in selected first-fill American ex-bourbon oak casks, allowing for a perfect integration between the sweetness of the wood and the density of the resinous smoke.

Production Method: Meticulous small batch blending. Bottled without artificial coloring and without chill filtration processes to preserve the entirety of its natural oily texture.

Style: Modern Blended World Whisky, with a smoky-herbal, sweet, resinous profile, full-bodied and with pronounced viscosity.

Alcohol Content: 51.4% Vol. (a robust percentage precisely selected to enhance its unctuousness and aromatic depth).

Capacity: 700 ml bottle.

SKU: SCO-WOVEN-HEMISPHERE-700

Appearance: Presents a beautiful pale and luminous golden hue, with amber reflections when light catches it. Its consistency is remarkably dense in the glass, drawing long, thick, and lazy legs that announce its impressive oily texture.

Nose: Complex, captivating, and highly expressive from the first moment. Opens with intense notes of orange blossom honey and rich vanilla that immediately intertwine with a very particular and sophisticated herbal smoke. Subtle aromas of sandalwood, clove, burnt resinous wood, and candied orange peel are perceived, set against a clean background that evokes freshly baked butter cookies.

Palate: The attack is powerful, unctuous, and fully enveloping, coating the palate with a sumptuous and creamy texture. It unfolds concentric layers of malty sweetness, toffee caramel, and sweet spices like nutmeg. The resinous smoke from the Mānuka wood manifests with superb clarity, reminiscent of a beach bonfire combined with fresh herbal notes. The underlying citrus acidity balances the density of the oils.

Finish: Prolonged, warm, and remarkably dry. Leaves a memorable aftertaste where notes of herbal smoke, beeswax, fine spices, and a subtle saltiness linger, inviting another sip.

Versatile and High-End Gastronomic Pairing: The fabulous combination of grain sweetness, high proof, and herbal smoke makes Woven Hemisphere a superb distillate for culinary experimentation. Its unctuousness masterfully cuts through dense fats, making it the ideal companion for intense mature cheese boards (such as Roquefort or Stilton), cured smoked charcuterie, and acorn-fed Iberian ham. Alongside proteins, it shines with BBQ-glazed pork ribs, confit duck, or beef cuts with a black pepper crust. It pleasantly surprises with fatty fish such as cold-smoked salmon or a grilled tuna steak. For desserts, it creates a sublime contrast with dark chocolates with high cocoa percentages (70% or higher), sea salt truffles, or apple pies with cinnamon.

Suggested Moments:

• High-Profile Business Lunches and Dinners: Serving an avant-garde label like Woven demonstrates extremely sophisticated taste, attention to detail, and knowledge of global cult projects, ideal for impressing demanding corporate partners.
• Intellectual and Sensorial Romantic Dinner: Perfect for concluding an intimate evening as a couple. Its constantly evolving aromatic profile and warmth invite a leisurely, deep, and shared conversation at the end of the night.
• Distinguished Gift for Oenophiles and Collectors: The ultimate gift for true whisky enthusiasts who think they've tasted everything. Gifting Hemisphere is gifting a story of impeccable liquid innovation.
• Sunday Family Meals and Long After-Dinner Conversations: A magnificent bottle to share with family after a grand banquet, opening dialogue while serving it neat or with a large, clear, slow-melting ice cube to delight those present.
• Summer Afternoons with a Signature Highball: Although it has a full body, its herbal profile majestically opens up in warm climates when served Highball style: with premium tonic water or natural spring water and a fresh orange peel slice.

What temperature is recommended for tasting Woven Hemisphere Whisky?

The perfect temperature to appreciate the complexity of this whisky is room temperature, ideally between 18°C and 20°C. If you are in a warm summer climate, you can slightly cool the glass or add a single large, compact, slow-melting ice cube; this will minimally dilute the distillate while expanding its hidden fruity and sweet aromas.

What type of smoke does this whisky have and how does it differ from traditional peat?

Unlike most smoked Scotch whiskies that use peat—which contributes medicinal, iodine, and tar notes—Woven Hemisphere uses malt smoked with native Mānuka wood from New Zealand. This type of combustion produces a distinctly herbal, fragrant, resinous smoke with hints reminiscent of sandalwood, pepper, and clove, resulting in a much more subtle and elegant palate.

Is it necessary to add water to open the aromatic notes of Woven Hemisphere?

Due to its solid alcoholic strength of 51.4% ABV, the whisky has an imposing aromatic concentration. It is suggested to try the first sip completely neat to experience its native oily viscosity. Subsequently, adding three to five drops of purified water at room temperature can break the surface tension of the alcohol, releasing rich additional bursts of vanilla, honey, and citrus.

Does this blended whisky contain artificial colorings or added caramel?

No. True to Woven Whisky's philosophy of transparency and minimal intervention, Hemisphere is bottled with its natural golden color derived exclusively from years of interaction between the distillate and the oak barrel wood. It is also not chill-filtered, retaining all its original flavor components.