SMWS 6.72 - Fruitful Mellifluosity
Oplysninger
Tekst:
Cask Ex-Bourbon / 1. Fill PX and Oloroso Sherry
Date distilled 29-August-2006
Age 17 years
Strength 56,9%
Region Highland
Outturn DK 36 bottles
The starting note for this small batch was two bourbon hogsheads of single malt Scotch whisky.
At 13 years of age one cask was transferred to a first fill Spanish oak oloroso hogshead, and the other to a first fill American oak PX hogshead. The casks were then married together before bottling.
The nose majored on an array of fruits (banana, glacé cherries, sultanas, orange peel, lemon bonbons) bound together with the mellifluous sweetness of fudge, honeycomb and butterscotch. The palate also had fruits and sweets (toffee, peach cobbler, strawberries, plums, rhubarb), with some earthier notes punching through – candied almonds, sea salt dark chocolate, cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg.