Product Description
While this bottling might look similar to our first Hallowe'en release, looks can be deceiving! From the same distillery as our first bottling, this new addition is one of three casks selected for our global Hallowe’en release for the Winter Series.
TASTING NOTES
Atop a bed of crushed smoked pears, we found salted cashews. This was juicy, sweet, nutty and sooty. The palate wrapped the aroma in parma ham and dusted the sweet-savoury appetiser with a light wood spice. Water served our noses with charred root vegetables, honey-and-smoke-cured ham, and tarred rope dipped in grist. The palate was now candied nuts drizzled with rosewater and a serving of peat-smoked rhubarb on rough oatcakes. After nine years in an ex-bourbon hogshead, we transferred this to a refill PX sherry hogshead for the remainder of its maturation.
Our Winter Series is a toast to the spirit of the ceilidh, a tradition that once incorporated not only dancing but also storytelling, poetry and music. We’ve selected four bottlings to be enjoyed in convivial settings over the coming months. Whisky is for sharing – and that’s what the spirit of this series is all about. With a limited number of sets featuring all four bottles being released online on 18 October, you’ll also be able to purchase each bottle individually as we head through the season.
Each bottling features a QR code which gives you access to whisky tales from Tasting Panel chair and ‘Whisky Bard’ Robin Laing. Robin has captured the essence of each of these four whiskies with a series of fireside tales. Expect songs, poems and stories to bring the bottles to life. Join us in raising a glass and embracing the spirit of the ceilidh!
Read more about the Winter Series in Unfiltered.