Cask No. 71.89

Cask No. 71.89  

Curious but congenial

Speyside, Lossie

The nose conjured leather boots on a pine table and a bowl of zingy, tangy Sicilian lemons and blood oranges. The flavours were curious but congenial – gin and tonic with lemon, passion-fruit, mango and lime sorbet and hints of grass and thyme; finishing with pencil ends, wasabi, pepper and citric peel. The reduced nose recalled a 1960’s primary school-room – wooden desks, pencil cases, blackboard, chalk, poster paints, hyacinths and hard-boiled sweets. The palate, ‘fruity with a kick’ had orange marmalade, blackberries, tangy strawberries and lemon with an attractive, mouth-tweaking finish of acid drops, aniseed balls, chilli, ginger, walnuts and dark chocolate.

Cask: First-fill barrel
Age: 8 years
Date distilled: April 2013
Alcohol: 63.1%
USA allocation: 72 bottles