Cask No. 1.278

Cask No. 1.278     

Fruitberg! Dead ahead!

Speyside, Spey

The neat nose suggested fruity washing powders, fruit jelly sweets, pineapple cubes, fresh linens, turmeric, lime cordial and spearmint – a lovely, playful and unusual profile. Water brought blueberry muffin, balsamic reduction, yellow plums, cream soda and banana fudge, with a beautiful sense of thickness and depth. The palate was jammy up front, with plum sauce, lemon curd and liquorice, plus some herbal ointments, dried flowers, orange muscat wine and cherry jam. Reduction brought notes of damson jelly, autumnal fruit crumbles, limoncello in tonic water, lamp oil and butterscotch. Matured for five years in a bourbon hogshead before being transferred to a first fill cosecha wine barrique.

Cask: First-fill Cosecha wine barrique
Age: 9 years
Date distilled: February 2013
Alcohol: 59.9%
USA allocation: 96 bottles
700mL bottle format