Cask No. 100.41

Gorgeous nectar

$195

17 Left

  • Flavour Profile:
    Sweet Fruity & Mellow
  • Age:
    17 years
  • Region:
    Speyside Deveron
  • Cask:
    First-fill Oloroso hogshead
  • ABV:
    57.3%
  • 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

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