Scotch Malt Whisky Society 10.192

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DEEP AND COMPLEX, SWEET AND EARTHY

This 9 year old from Islay comes in at 60.8% and after 7 years in ex-bourbon wood we transferred this into a 2nd fill moscatel hogshead.

Flavour profile:  Juicy, oak & vanilla.

Outturn:  243 bottles.

Panel's tasting note:  "The initial nose of desiccated coconut and pipe tobacco gradually opens to lemon meringue pie, apricot flan and rosebay willowherb in wasteland, with background hints of wood, liquorice and tar. The deep, complex palate combines sweet and earthy notes; butterscotch, dark chocolate, caramelized bananas, Eccles cakes and ginger snaps, with tarry ship’s timbers and salty pork scratchings.

Water shifts the nose to straw, dried seaweed, celery, pepper, Tunnock’s Snowballs and new fence timbers. The palate becomes easier and sweeter – coffee and walnut fudge, toffee, brandy snaps and dried dates. After 7 years in ex-bourbon wood we transferred this into a 2nd fill moscatel hogshead."

750 ml