Cask No. 85.42 Spicy & dry The superbly clean palate trod

The superbly clean palate trod a thin tightrope between fruity and dry as black cherries

Drinking tip: A picnic aperitif dram

newly planed wood counter polished with linseed oil

All sweetness and sunshine

Colour: Gold foil wrapping paper

Cask No. 85.42 Spicy & dry The superbly clean palate trodCask No. 85. 42 Put your feet up Speyside, Lossie On the nose neat it was dark, dense and sweet like a mocha cake with a balsamic strawberry whipped cream filling, chocolate icing and topped with crunchy toasted hazelnuts. A lot less sweet on the palate, still dark and sticky but now more like a prune and date cake or spicy oven roasted plums seasoned with cloves and allspice and toasted almonds sprinkled on top. Water released bitter orange,