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Cask No. 18.54
A thinking dram
$175
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Flavour Profile:Oily & Coastal
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Age:15 years
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Region:Speyside, Spey
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Cask:First-fill Spanish oak Oloroso Hogshead
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ABV:59.4%
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VOL:700mL
Notes
For us it was not love at first sight, or should we say sniff? – but it's worth getting to know better. Briny, smoky aromas arrived next to rubber on hot asphalt, as well as a strong Assam tea – this was spicy and malty. On the palate some found it slightly dirty, dry and yeasty, but with impressions of dark chocolate shavings, a coffee cake and a chilli spice. With water one Panellist cleaned the vinyl seat of a Trabant (a classic East German car) before we drove around the island of Madeira. We then visited the farmers' market in Funchal and had a glass of dry sercial madeira wine. Following 12 years in an ex-bourbon hogshead, we transferred this whisky into a first fill Spanish oak oloroso hogshead.
USA allocation: 90 bottles