Cask No. 36.185

Cask No. 36.185 

A sweet harvest

Speyside, Spey

We were transported to Bella Italia as we baked a Torta Bertolina, a traditional cake from the Lombardy region in the north of Italy that is made at harvest time using a grape called “uva fragola” (strawberry-grape). Very small and very aromatic, a fruity sweet explosion in the mouth just like those grape-coloured lollipops we had as children with a lingering refreshing aftertaste. Water added aromas of orange blossom and apricots like in a muscat wine while on the palate the elegance and fruitiness of a Mirabelle plum brandy. Following fourteen years in an ex-bourbon hogshead, we transferred this whisky into a 1st fill Sauternes barrique. 

Cask: First-fill Sauternes barrique
Age: 18 years
Date distilled: April 2003
Alcohol: 55.2%
USA allocation: 114 bottles