With water a more maritime mood moved in as oily mackerel and sardines complemented the clean salt of glistening rock pools
We found the initial nose slightly sharp and ‘sneezy’ – a silversmith’s workshop
rhubarb and lime – but now wrapped in tasty
Cask: Second-fill Oloroso butt
botrytis and a musky hessian note
Cask No. 73.98 Light & delicate With water a more maritimeCask No. 73. 98 Layers of harmony Speyside, Deveron A kiss of sherry evokes the Andalucian sun the nose has crme brle, apricot Danish, fig rolls, mandarins in syrup, ripe melon and ice wine. The deep, rich taste has muscovado, dark honey and lebkuchen (apricot jam, dark chocolate, cinnamon, ginger and clove) flooding the mouth with pleasure. It absolutely does not need water, but in the interests of research we sniffed hazelnuts, marmalade, toffee