Ye olden flavours of lovelyness

Initial nosing revealed creamy sherry notes (or, just cream sherry) along with candied orange jellies, strop leather, mineral oils and pipe tobacco, plus some lovely, deeper notes of camphor and pine wood. We all agreed this one was really lovely! Reduction brought a whole host of marmalades, candied orange peels, rosewater, expensive Turkish delight and then more medicinal aspects such as natural tar and wintergreen. The palate showed wonderful up-front notes of freshly brewed coffee, coconut oil, marzipan, salted almonds dusted with paprika, and dried herbs. Water revealed impressive complexity with myriad flavours such as aged triple sec, flower honey, cask-aged mead, shilling ales, dried tarragon and dark fruit chutneys. There was enthusiastic unanimity over this whisky's impressiveness. It was matured in a bourbon hogshead for 13 years before being transferred to a first fill American oak oloroso hogshead.