Cask No. 36.230
Country house complexity
$190
It’s like stepping into Grandma’s holiday kitchen when you nose this dram. It started as two casks of 13-year-old malt. After 3 years each of additional maturation, one in Oloroso sherry and the other in HTMC, their marriage yields a beautifully textured and detailed expression ranging from vanilla and allspice to chocolate-covered tropical fruits.
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Flavour Profile:Juicy Oak & Vanilla
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Age:17 years
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Region:Speyside, Spey
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Cask:New American oak HTMC & 1st fill American oak Oloroso Hogsheads
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ABV:52.6%
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Distilled Date:September 28, 2007
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USA Allocation:90
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VOL:700mL
Tasting Panel Notes
The starting point for this small batch was two bourbon hogsheads of single malt Scotch whisky. After 13 years one was transferred into a first-fill American oak oloroso hogshead, while the other went into a new American oak hogshead with a heavy toast and a medium char. These casks were then married together for bottling. The result produced heady aromas of snuff and sailing ship-branded aftershave in country houses, clove-studded ham, liquorice-flavoured lozenges and gorse; plus some added zing, which involved potpourri, bergamot and magnolia, vanilla syrup and crisp riesling. The mouthcoating, beautifully textured palate tasted of chocolate sauce on ice cream, desiccated coconut, caramel-flavoured chocolate, Spanish brandy and multiple tropical fruits.
