Penumbral pleasure

$180

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Flavour Profile:

Spicy & Dry
Age:

17 years
Region:

Speyside Spey
Cask:

Second-fill Sauternes barrique
ABV:

59.6%
VOL:

700mL

Notes

About Penumbral pleasure: Amidst a flurry of sherry casks resides this robust and rewarding 17-year-old malt that was matured in a Sauternes barrique. A panoply of citrus, tropical and orchard fruits are complemented by sticky toffee pudding and honeysuckle for a bright and beautiful profile. Autumn in a bottle!

Tasting Panel Note: The nose was a scatter of impressions – orange jelly fruits and tinned mandarins, toffee apples and pain au chocolat, ginger beer and hazelnut spread. The palate shifted from slightly astringent rhubarb tart, lemon zest and green grapes to chocolate pralines and sticky toffee pudding; finishing with pepper, balsamic and lime pickle. The reduced nose discovered new shoes and waxed saddles, lemon trees, cut grass and artists' studios. The juicy palate had fruit punch, cola cubes, apple sauce and honeysuckle – before a dry finish of oak, grain mustard and mace. After 13 years in ex-bourbon wood, this spent the remainder of its maturation in a second fill sauternes barrique.

USA allocation: 90 bottles