Cask No. 100.41
Gorgeous nectar
$195
17 Left
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Flavour Profile:Sweet Fruity & Mellow
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Age:17 years
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Region:Speyside Deveron
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Cask:First-fill Oloroso hogshead
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ABV:57.3%
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VOL:700mL
Notes
A strong waft of orange (an orange box and orange blossom) almost overshadowed the black tea, mahogany, demerara, vanilla, figs and raisins ... but not quite. The palate’s initial fizz (sherbet, a bellini and orange sorbet) gave way to toasted marshmallows, rocky road and iced mocha, before finishing with clove, walnuts and cranberry. The reduced nose promised a rich, sweet, gorgeous nectar – quince paste, an apricot danish, chocolate sticks with cruncy orange pieces, and chocolate brazils, plus a rose and elderflower florality. The palate was now mouth-puckering and spritzy with orange ice lollies, freshly made strawberry jam, muscovado and orange peel. Fourteen years in ex-bourbon wood preceded the embrace of this first-fill oloroso hogshead.
USA allocation: 84 bottles