Dram data:
Distillery:Â undisclosed
Bottler:Â The Whisky Agency
Distilled:Â 1975
Bottled: 2016
Age: 40 years
Limitation:Â 389
Casks:Â Fino Sherry Butt
Alcohol: 55%
unchillfiltered; uncoloured
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When you get the chance to taste a stunning dram like this one, you better bring your tasting notebook with you! Because it was originally handwritten, this review is slightly shorter than the usual ones, but I’ll try to keep it interesting nonetheless!
Tasting notes:
Colour:Â gold
The nose promises great things right from the first contact. Deep and rich, with old, sweet tropical fruits. We’ve got Mango, papaya, dried apricots, all stored on the oak shelving of an old-style Scottish candy shop with un-lit beeswax candles being stored nearby. Very rich, dense and interwoven, a style only lots and lots of time and a good cask can create.
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