Vivaciously Refreshing

$105

I’ve been crushing on Distillery 11 since my visit in 2024 and this expression departs from the sherried and peated casks we’ve seen of late. Ex-bourbon maturation reveals its bright floral nature and nuanced earthiness in a quaffable dram.

Flavor Profile:

Sweet & Zesty
Age:

9 years
Region:

Highland, Northern
Cask:

First-fill barrel
ABV:

62.2%
Distilled Date:

September 18, 2015
USA Allocation:

90
VOL:

700mL

Tasting Panel Notes

There we were, relaxing on comfortable sofas in a hookah lounge, unwinding while we smoked a shisha with lemon cake-seasoned tobacco and drank a cup of Japanese peach iced tea. The taste was more like a glass of picpoul wine from southern France, mouth-wateringly crisp and refreshing with flavours of citrus, green apple and acacia blossom. Following the addition of water, we prepared a lemon drop martini with vodka, triple sec, lemon juice and sugar syrup. A prawn and avocado platter with lime and chilli dressing followed before, in the finish, we tucked into a slice of baked limoncello cheesecake and chocolate-dipped kiwi slices.