Winter's Green Lichen
Description
PROFILE |
Oily & Coastal |
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CASK TYPE | Initial: Ex-bourbon hogshead | Final: 2nd-fill PX hogshead |
AGE |
9 Years Old |
ABV | 58% |
DISTILLED DATE |
17/10/2013 |
OUTTURN | 1 of 254 bottles |
REGION | Islay |
SPIRIT NOTES
We followed our noses to a large bowl of breakfast cereal, seasoned with sea salt and enveloped with a lichen-born smoke. The earthy and coastal nose was matched by the palate, full of burnt cherries, seaweed and wintergreen mint. Water introduced a sooty coal fire to both the nose and the palate, while the latter also enjoyed the introduction of clove, cinnamon and a retained fresh, minty finish. After five years in an ex-bourbon hogshead, we transferred this to a second-fill PX hogshead for the remainder of its maturation.