So, this is the solstice…

$165

This stellar dram will impress with its densely dark and sticky-sweet delivery. Creaminess coats the palate as you descend into this rewarding flavor fantasy. Don’t pass this one up.

Flavour Profile:

Deep Rich & Dried Fruits
Age:

15 years
Region:

Speyside Spey
Cask:

First-fill American oak Oloroso hogshead
ABV:

60.7%
Distilled Date:

September 25, 2009
USA Allocation:

90
VOL:

700mL

Tasting Panel Notes

We sat feeding a dense, festive fruit cake with sweet amber ale, before a bowl of warm custard entered the room, topped with a crumb of sticky demerara sugar. The palate was as full as the nose promised: creamy and sweet, with notes of cherry pie, white rum, mango and nutmeg. Water added a fine perfume to the nose, promoted raisins, and added burnt honeycomb. The palate finished as an echo of the nose, with added winter spice and chunks of nougat. After 12 years in an ex-bourbon hogshead, we transferred this to a first-fill American oak oloroso hogshead for the remainder of its maturation.