The Spring-Summer Collection

$170

A vibrant summer dram with bright florals, gentle sweetness and a touch of citrus freshness. Secondary maturation in a first-fill Spanish oak oloroso cask adds rich depth and warmth to its ex-bourbon roots. Smooth, sunny and made for sharing as the evenings stretch on.

Flavor Profile:

Ripe Fruits & Honey
Age:

12 years
Region:

Islay
Cask:

First-fill Spanish oak Oloroso hogshead
ABV:

63.9%
Distilled Date:

February 21, 2013
USA Allocation:

120
VOL:

700mL

Tasting Panel Notes

This opened with a spring-summer mix of floral and evergreen perfumes on the nose, notably gorse blossom, heather ale and spruce syrup. Accents of rose and salted blueberry muffins followed. The palate was a generous slice of Dundee cake, alongside sweet soy, plus cookie dough tightly wrapped in rich tobacco leaves. Water introduced scents of fairy bread, a warm wool scarf and cranberry, with the palate becoming a lemon posset, plum and warm pastries with honey. After nine years in an ex-bourbon hogshead, we transferred this to a first fill Spanish oak oloroso hogshead for the remainder of its maturation.