Cask No. 72.124

The aroma reminded us of an old yet bold oloroso, fruit and nut, dried apricots, old leather and crystallised ginger. “That’ll put hairs on your chest”; it was as powerful on the palate as on the nose. We drank a complex, high-end garnacha wine with lots of tannin and flavours of grilled plums, juniper and crushed gravel straight out of a leather wineskin. Water relaxed the atmosphere: a still pungent yet aromatic bouquet emerged, reminiscent of the sea breeze on the Andalusian coastline while soaking up the amontillado sherry and the sun. At seven years of age we combined two ex-bourbon hogsheads from the same distillery into this cask for further maturation and marrying.