Cask No. 48.173

Paradise found!

$160

We celebrate the warming sensations of the season with this Winter 2025 Seasonal Selection Exclusive, boasting a worm tub-derived distillate (think big and meaty from the start) with maturation for 8 years in ex-bourbon and 7 years in a shaved, toasted and re-charred barrique (STR). That’s nearly half its life in a highly active cask, endowing the malt with all the aromas and flavors of the holiday kitchen. Indulge and be merry with this cask from one of my all-time favorite distilleries!

  • Flavour Profile:
    Deep Rich & Dried Fruits
  • Age:
    15 years
  • Region:
    Speyside Spey
  • Cask:
    First-fill STR barrique
  • ABV:
    59.5%
  • Distilled Date:
    March 2, 2010
  • USA Allocation:
    270
  • VOL:
    700mL

Tasting Panel Notes

The nose presented a paradise of plums, potpourri, apricot danish, red apples and polished furniture. The palate gave us dark chilli chocolate, a nutty cinnamon topping on plum and damson crumble,  (spiced currant) 'fly pie', manuka honey and five-spice roast pork. Water brightened the nose to new car interiors, sunshine through a hay loft, vanilla pods and Danish plum and marzipan chocolates. The palate became sweeter and more refined – apple and lime jelly beans, sparkling white grape juice and chocolate oaty biscuits dipped in brandy; with sugar-coated fennel seeds and peshwari naan later. We transferred this whisky into a first fill re-charred barrique after eight years in ex-bourbon wood.

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