SMWS 95.100 Spice surprise SMWS

The neat nose was redolent with fruit scone mix, vanilla essence and aromatic notes of cherry blossom, white chocolate and sweet earthiness. With some water we found hazelnuts in browned butter, apple rings and Turkish delight. The neat palate delivered a surprising prickle of chilli jam, along with orange zest, star anise and fruity hot sauce with lime juice. The reduced palate displayed a wonderfully rich texture, with flavours of butterscotch sauce, salted almonds and fig chutney. The starting point for this small batch was two bourbon hogsheads of single malt Scotch whisky. One cask was transferred at 13 years old to a Spanish oak oloroso hogshead, and the other at 14 years old to a new oak heavy toast medium char hogshead. The casks were then blended together before bottling.