Cask No. 135.70

The nose initially displayed honey and maple syrup sweetness, before gradually discovering earthier notes (dunnage warehouse, bung cloth, sphagnum moss), sweet smoke and medicinal hints (particularly bandages). We enjoyed the palate’s creamy texture and the sweet, savoury combination of maple-cured bacon and grilled pineapple; then a drying finish woven through with subtle threads of smoke and exotic spices. The reduced nose provoked astonishingly evocative scents of singed heather and distant campfires, new tennis balls, brine and petrichor (recent rain on dry ground). We thought the palate now became sweeter and spicier, with suggestions of salted caramel, smoked chicken and medicinal peat.