This year’s eight limited edition Cask Strength Whiskies selected by Master Blender Dr Craig Wilson form a unique collection from some of Scotland’s most renowned distilleries.
* Unique
* Distinctive maturation casks
* Rare finishes
* Unexpected taste profiles
Every expression brings to life each distilleries character, through beautifully dramatized illustrations of the wildlife and flora surrounding the distilleries.
DISTILLED: 1989 / ABV: 51.4% / REGION: SPEYSIDE
APPEARANCE: Deep gold, with orange lights. Very good beading.
NOSE: A mellow nose overall, with very light prickle; lightly nose-drying, with first faint and delicate impressions of fruitiness and dried flowers, beneath which there’s a note of buttery sponge. A drop of water enhances the dried flowers, brings up the sweetness and adds spicy touches of sweet ginger and hardwood shavings.
BODY: Medium.
PALATE: At natural strength, mouth-filling and ultra-smooth in texture. The taste is immediately rich and very sweet, with light dried fruits; golden sultanas in light liquor. It quickly becomes spicy, with tannic gunpowder tea in mid-palate, and is drying overall. Similar, though softer with water, when sweet toffee can be discerned.
FINISH: Long, smooth and spicy, finishing with a shake of powdered ginger and a lingering, embracing warmth. With water, smoother.