After thirteen years in an ex-bourbon hogshead we transferred this whisky into a virgin oak hogshead with a heavy toast and a medium char
On the nose neat - plenty of freshly varnished wood which was soon followed by the sweetness of macerated red berries as well as a pot of steaming venison casserole with cranberries
coffee and delicate hints of vanilla-chestnut jam and caramelised fig syrup
fermenting apples
tomato plants and dry cereals
Cask No. 77.66 Gin After thirteen years in anCask No. 77. 66 Fluttering fan waft of fruit Highland, Northern A complex nose of jasmine, hibiscus flowers, refreshers, delicate waxiness and a fluttering fan waft of fruity aromas dried mango, peaches, raspberry and Kir Royale. It had a fruity palate too strawberry, cherry, redcurrants, pomegranate, lemon and young calvados plus wild flowers and gorse, wood and tobacco. The intriguingly aromatic theme continued with water rose gardens, Earl Grey tea