Magnificent meatiness

$110

Right on cue, this Oloroso cask comes through with savory notes of stewed meats, roasting herbs and spices to balance the dried fruits and candied citrus. This typically summery distillate has been dressed up for winter sipping.

Flavour Profile:

Spicy & Dry
Age:

10 years
Region:

Speyside, Spey
Cask:

Second-fill Oloroso hogshead
ABV:

62.5%
Distilled Date:

October 16, 2014
USA Allocation:

48
VOL:

700mL

Tasting Panel Notes

A mixture of spicy rye bread, beef extract soup, Jamaican spiced oxtail stew, cinnamon buns, clover honey and oak-aged plum schnapps made this an engaging experience. On the palate, we began with focaccia with onion, rosemary and chilli flakes before we had oranges marinated in thyme-infused red vermouth syrup. After reduction, the aroma was that of dark chocolate sour cherries, orange marmalade and mango chutney. The taste had the dryness of an old-fashioned parsnip wine made with raisins and the zest of oranges. Following seven years in an ex-bourbon hogshead, we transferred this whisky into a second fill oloroso hogshead.