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A tapestry of tropical tastes

Cask No. 125.36

The nose wove together different strands; a warp of fruit (grapefruit, pineapple, mandarin, cherry, bubble-gum) and a weft of vanilla, coffee, chocolate, marzipan and nutty fudge – an intriguing fabric stretched on an oak loom. The reduced nose, turning more tropical, transported us to various exotic market locations (Funchal, Trinidad, Port of Leith?). The unreduced palate, pleasantly fizzy, reminded one panellist of passion-fruit mojito; others got fudge, coffee, iced biscuits and raspberry jam. The rum impressions increased with water; pineapple, coconut and lime – “Sunny, tropical and nice”. The distillery recently increased the number of stills, but not apparently, the “sixteen men”.

Drinking tip: For a cocktail party or a sunny afternoon

Date Distilled: November 1989 Colour: Palest yellow gold Age: 20 years Cask Type: First fill barrel, ex-bourbon Whisky Region: Highland Northern

125.36

A tapestry of tropical tastes

Outturn:: 279 bottles
% Alc:: 51.7%

£85.70

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Members comments

On 24/11/2010 Rodger said:
If you like your whisky full of fruit notes even before reducing, you need to be getting this cask before its gone! This is the second bottling from this distilliary that has the WOW factor for me (the first was their New Charred Oak Cask - 125.21 - I think!)

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