SMOS Miltonduff 20 Year Cask 5014

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ETA Mid-September 2020

Distilled in 1999, this single cask of Miltonduff was matured in an ex-Bourbon Hogsnhead before bottling at 20 years at 52.2%. Only 18 bottles are coming to KWM.

Producer Tasting Note

Nose: Malting floor on a sunny day, followed by fun, sweet notes of bubblegum, chewy sweets, vanilla ice cream and pear cider.

Palate: Increasingly mature and complex, with toasted oak and porridge followed by tropical fruit, bananas and peach eau-de-vie. Hazelnuts and sunflower seeds emerge with a drop of water.

Finish: Warm brioche, barley and digestive biscuits are slightly lifted by mint.”

88pts Whisky Fun

"And a twin cask, at that! Shall we just copy-and-paste the previous note? Colour: white wine (slightly darker than its sister). Nose: we’re more on mosses, grasses, more on ‘a walk in the woods with the dogs’. Notes of burnt wax too, and consequently, rather less easy-easy fruits and flowers. Mouth: we’re much closer to the other cask. Perhaps more citrus? It’s always fascinating to be able to taste true twin casks that were probably filled within the same minute in one of Pernod/Chivas’s huge bottling plants. Well I tend to like this one a little better, although, no, wait… Finish: medium, fruity, citrusy and then on all white and green fruits from our gardens in in good old Europe. Comments: this is becoming a little complicated, but this whisky is excellent for sure. SGP:551 - 88 points."

700 ml