Cask No. 30.106

Cask No. 30.106   

Succulent, scintillating and substantial

In celebration of Spirit of Speyside Festival 2019

Speyside, Spey

On the nose neat bags of prunes, figs and raisins, like a rich dark fruit cake with finely grated lemon and orange zest, plenty of brandy and/or dark rum. The taste, undiluted, was big, substantial and chewy - deeply caramelised burnt sugar toffee with chocolate and toasted walnuts. When we added water the aroma of sweet succulent sultanas alternated with a slightly burnt spicy gingery note, whilst on the palate a fascinating/scintillating array of flavours like, cinnamon, vanilla and eucalyptus and in the never-ending finish chocolate covered Macadamia nuts. After nineteen years in an ex-Oloroso butt we transferred this whisky into a 2nd fill PX butt.

Cask: Second-fill Pedro Ximenez butt
Age: 21 years
Date distilled: April 1997
Alcohol: 57.2%
USA allocation: 90 bottles