Cask No. 9.322
Auld Acquaintances
$200
We're celebrating the New Year with a stunning Speyside cask. The distillate from #9 really lights up in any bourbon cask and here we have a panoply of honey and vanilla character from a 1st fill ex-bourbon hogshead. Add 18 years of maturation and what's left to ring in 2027 is a divine mix of citrus, stone and bramble fruits that beam through the cask's influence. It will be a Happy New Year, indeed!
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Flavor Profile:Toasted Oak & Vanilla
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Age:18 years
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Region:Speyside Spey
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Cask:First-fill hogshead
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ABV:56.2%
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Distilled Date:March 11, 2008
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USA Allocation:115
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VOL:700mL
Tasting Panel Notes
Tapped from the tips of a make-up brush, pollen fell towards our noses, with a following of honeycomb, lavender blossom and strawberry incense. The palate was a big cloud of cotton candy, with a crumb of freeze-dried blueberries and cream, cortado and orange blossom honey. Water diffused orange oil around a vanilla sponge cake on the nose, followed by peaches, cranberries and perfumed candles. The finish was drier than the nose hinted, with delicate shards of burnt toffee stirred into birch sap, mingling with candied peels and more blueberries.
