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76.88 Complex and manly

Cask No. 76.88

Rich, complex and delicious: fruity rum-toft, unripe plums and mellow fruits, nuts and chocolate, unlit cigars, hard toffee, shoe polish… developing to waxy cake tin. A big texture at full strength: sweet, waxy and meaty, with surprise chilli chocolate and ‘cherries soaked in sweet vermouth’. With water the waxiness increases; now shredded and glazed roast duck, gingerbread, stewed strawberries, a trace of dusty wood behind, indicating age. Smooth and sweet to taste; slightly waxy with tobacco traces and chocolate-covered biscuits. From Dufftown’s first distillery.

Drinking tip: In the library, with coffee and cigar

Date Distilled: 24 April 1986 Colour: Pale amber Age: 25 years Cask Type: Refill hogshead Whisky Region: Speyside spey