A One Like No Other
Description
PROFILE |
Lightly Peated |
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CASK TYPE | 2nd-fill ex-bourbon barrel |
AGE |
8 Years Old |
ABV | 64% |
DISTILLED DATE |
13/12/2012 |
OUTTURN | 1 of 230 bottles |
REGION | Speyside |
SPIRIT NOTES
We all looked at each other, are you getting the same as me? Yes, smoke! Roasted Tonka beans with the aromatic scent of burnt vanilla and bitter almonds. A fragrant smoke on the palate neat – could it be that the valley of the green grass and the surrounding heathery hills were on fire? A real mystery what happened here, a 2nd-fill bourbon barrel, but what was the first fill? After we added water salted caramel, sage and treacle next to cinnamon-stewed apples and roasted chestnuts on the nose appeared. The taste was now sweet, lightly smoked pears with gingersnap stuffing and a dollop of soft whipped cream.