Description
We found this one hugely juicy and brimming with ripe, fleshy, exotic fruit notes. The overwhelming impression was of a profoundly textural, fruity and syrupy whisky, full of natural sweetness and showing many gorgeous aromas of jasmine flower, passion fruit, mango jam and mashed guava. Water brought out hints of wine gums, tinned pineapple, exotic fruit teas, cannabis resin and fir wood oils. When neat, the palate really detonated with tropical fruits and more of this extraordinary juiciness and textural thickness; its stunning distillate cleverly concentrated by slightly more active wood. Water brought complex flavours of metal polish, coins, mineral oils, waxes and putty. It became reminiscent, in fact, of very old Irish whiskeys. This was matured in a bourbon hogshead for 13 years before being transferred to a first fill heavily toasted medium charred hogshead.