Tasting Panel Notes

About Ripe: Few distillates capture the excellence of Highland malt like this one. Don’t let its monosyllabic name mislead you. This dram is PACKED with tropical, bramble and melon fruits as well as the herbaceous nuances and oily texture that make it refined and divine. 

Tasting Panel Note: Freshly cut green grass and pine needles combined with ripe banana, pineapple and tinned peaches while dates and figs mixed within a cake. The high esters of banana and pineapple joined cinnamon, coriander and oak on the palate to conjure images of Caribbean rum. A few drops of water released blackcurrant fruit and cherry liqueur topped with coconut shavings, as green leafy aromas merged with turmeric and hints of new textiles. Textures had become oily and viscous, with juniper berries and toasted pine nuts. A touch of white pepper coated melon and cucumber before rum returned alongside calvados and oak-aged cider.

USA allocation: 120 bottles