Description
Secret Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky distilled in 2011, matured 11 years in two refill Sherry Butts. Selected and bottled by thompson Bros of Dornoch.
This release is reasonably large vatting of +1500 bottles from two refill Sherry butts tactically diluted to 48.5%ABV. An excellent daily speyside dram with plenty of gentle refill sherry notes.
Nose: Very close to the raw ingredients; grist, boiled barley sugar sweets. Some lime cordial, grapefruit peel, freshly opened box of Swan matches, dry Reisling, and lemon juice. Some meaty/umami notes; Gamey with a touch of Amontillado and Kombu seaweed.
Palate: Barley notes continue; Robinsons barley water, baked pastries & bread, grapefruit juice. More gamey notes, meaty with a background hint of struck match. Sultanas, mace, ginger lime wine gums & sea salt.
Finish: Ginger, citrus peel, sultana and Amontillado Sherry.
Max 1 per household please.
48.5% / 70CL
