ripe fig and chocolate-dipped candied orange to the nose
now in its ninth generation
The palate was very pleasant indeed – fruity confectionery
Cask: Refill Sherry hogshead
150 just for this occasion so you may compare and contrast these unforgettable whiskies with those special people in your life
Cask No. 8.55 Bold & Peaty ripe fig and chocolate-dipped candiedThe initial nose gave us summer fragrances of sweet peas, chamomile lawns and hedgerows, and the fruity zing of tangerines, pink grapefruit and fino sherry. The palate maintained creative tension between sweet, creamy characteristics (white chocolate, blancmange, nougat and pears in custard) and the slightly bitterer aspects of almonds, bitter lemon and gooseberry, before a dry finish of liquorice and oak. The reduced nose evoked honeycomb, buttery