An unexpected surprise

$175

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Flavour Profile:

Juicy Oak & Vanilla
Age:

16 years
Region:

Speyside Lossie
Cask:

Refill bourbon, First-fill Spanish oak Oloroso & HTMC Hogsheads
ABV:

57.2%
VOL:

700mL

Notes

About An unexpected surprise: This is an adventurous ultra-small batch creation from Euan Campbell. Combining Spanish oak Oloroso sherry and HTMC designer casks yields a 95 with incredible richness and texture. If you’re looking for a full throttle palate of both sweet and savory elements, look no further!

Tasting Panel Note: The neat nose was redolent with fruit scone mix, vanilla essence and aromatic notes of cherry blossom, white chocolate and sweet earthiness. With some water we found hazelnuts in browned butter, apple rings and Turkish delight. The neat palate delivered a surprising prickle of chilli jam, along with orange zest, star anise and fruity hot sauce with lime juice. The reduced palate displayed a wonderfully rich texture, with flavours of butterscotch sauce, salted almonds and fig chutney. The starting point for this small batch was two bourbon hogsheads of single malt Scotch whisky. One cask was transferred at 13 years old to a Spanish oak oloroso hogshead, and the other at 14 years old to a new oak heavy toast medium char hogshead. The casks were then blended together before bottling.

USA allocation: 90 bottles