Tenebrous tantalisation

$130

Flavour Profile:

Deep Rich & Dried Fruits
Age:

9 years
Region:

Highland Western
Cask:

First-fill Spanish oak Oloroso hogshead
ABV:

58.0%
VOL:

700mL

Notes

About Tenebrous tantalisation: Half its life in Spanish oak Oloroso sherry wood has created a dark and dangerously good malt that drinks well beyond its age statement. Distillery 78 continues to be a member favorite thanks to its meaty makeup and proclivity for sherry maturation. Dive in here…. The malt is absolutely marvelous!

Tasting Panel Note: The nose featured dark sweetness (pecan pie, caramelised sugar and gingerbread), steamed bao buns, rancio, cough syrup and hiking boots in a wooden bothy. The neat palate was earthy and deep – Turkish coffee and treacle toffee, five-spice belly pork, pickled ginger, soy sauce and sherry. Adding water brought dried figs, caramel wafers and molasses to the nose, along with charred oak and lemon cheesecake. The palate was a stroll through Seville, from bullring to tapas bar – caña de lomo, fruit cake, candy floss, bitter orange and cigar butts on a wooden floor. After five years in ex-bourbon wood, we transferred this whisky into a first fill Spanish oak oloroso hogshead.

USA allocation: 120 bottles