Cask No. 123.18

Cask No. 123.18       

Artful and playful

Highland, Southern

The bright, clean nose led us through groves of soft, sweet citrus (lemon meringue pie, lemon and lime sorbet, pineapple ice-lolly) into a glade of flowers, herbs, fresh wood, tobacco, honey and vanilla. Adding water defined the herbs more clearly (mint, menthol, chewing gum); we also got paint, oak and candied ginger. The neat palate combined chalky sweetness with juicy fruits (pineapple, strawberry, mango, pear) – also hints of mint oil and menthol tobacco, but it simply grew fruitier with every sip. In reduction, lip-smackingly enjoyable honeyed fruit flavours, while yogurt-coated ginger and oak shavings cavorted artfully and playfully on our tongues.

Drinking tip: After cavorting in a glade.

Colour: Primrose gold
Cask: First-fill barrel
Age: 10 years
Date distilled: May 2005
Alcohol: 57.4%
USA allocation: 90 bottles