Merriment and whisky

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This is classic Distillery #1 with opulent sherry character to ring in the Christmas holiday. Known for intensely sherried expressions, this cask saw 4 years in 1st fill Oloroso sherry cask to drive home the barley and berries galore goodness.

Flavour Profile:

Ripe Fruits & Honey
Age:

13 years
Region:

Speyside Spey
Cask:

First-fill American oak Oloroso hogshead
ABV:

58.9%
Distilled Date:

January 25, 2012
USA Allocation:

144
VOL:

700mL

Tasting Panel Notes

Brandy in disguise, the nose was rich in sweet sawdust, blackberry pie, toasted ciabatta and orange oil-infused sugar. The palate opened with muddled orange segments and almond paste, with blueberries and apple mint to follow. Water presented dalgona coffee on the nose, plus cherry pie filling and wafer biscuits. The finish was a river of blackcurrant jam sailed on by melon yachts chasing pockets of evaporated milk and shoals of candied orange. After nine years in an ex-bourbon barrel, we transferred this to a first fill American oak oloroso hogshead for the remainder of its maturation.