Soft, sweet and seductive

This was soft, sweet and seductive, yet had a fairly intense first impression with aromas of golden syrup porridge, stewed orchard fruits and honey-roasted macadamia nuts. On the palate it was truly an experience, delivering poached pears in red wine with armagnac as well as fig and port wine pralines. With a drop of water, the scent of sweet milk chocolate slabs with hazelnuts and pistachios developed next to dates, candied orange peel and rosewater. The taste reminded one Panellist of frutta martorana, those marzipan fruits called ‘pasta reale’ in Italian made out of ground almonds, sugar, corn syrup and lemon juice. Following 12 years in an ex-bourbon hogshead, we transferred this whisky into a first fill ex-bodega PX barrique.