Tasting Panel Notes

Cask No. 44.160   

Me gusta mucho!

Speyside, Spey

The nose treated us to lunch in Jerez – acorn-fed pata negra and matured manchego served on a big old oak board with honey-drizzled walnuts – accompanied by both fino and oloroso. The palate also provided immediate transportation to Andalucia – prunes wrapped in jamon, toasted oak, syrup of figs and lip-smacking PX depth. The reduced nose was like walking from sombra into sol – bodega courtyards, sultanas, burnt orange, ginger cake, pumpernickel and an aroma of rancio. What joy the palate gave us – espresso and tiramisu, madeira cake, almonds, dates, bitter chocolate and cured ham with fig jam – "me gusta mucho!"

Cask: First-fill Spanish oak Oloroso hogshead
Age: 19 years
Date distilled: June 2003
Alcohol: 58.3%
USA allocation: 189 bottles
700mL bottle format