Cask No. 44.149
The early bird gets the worm
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Flavour Profile:Deep Rich & Dried Fruits
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Age:14 years
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Region:Speyside Spey
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Cask:Second-fill Oloroso hogshead
Notes
Cask No. 44.149
The early bird gets the worm
Speyside, Spey
The initial aroma suggested coconut macaroon, milk chocolate and game pie. A banana baked with Nutella, liquorice chews, toasted fennel seed and fruit scones topped with thick cream. A wonderful balance of distillate and sherry cask. Reduction brought brown breads and rich notes of foamy shilling ales, meat gravy, dried sultanas, banana chips and treacle pudding. The mouth was typical of this great Speyside make; oily, fatty and robust. Many notes of herbal extracts, spiced fruit chutneys, orange wine, chocolate gingers and hints of natural tar. The natural weight of a worm tub distillate shines. With water we found it became richly bready and full of lovely notes of dried exotic fruits, game meats, eucalyptus, espresso and balsamic reduction. Previously matured in a bourbon hogshead for 12 years before transfer to a 2nd fill oloroso hogshead.
Cask: Second-fill Oloroso hogsheadAge: 14 years
Date distilled: October 2006
Alcohol: 62.1%
USA allocation: 126 bottles
