Cask No. 68.78 India plenty of juicy fruitiness and

plenty of juicy fruitiness and oak-derived spice (not much vanilla)

toasted heads

Immediately assertive

Crisp perfection

cinnamon bagels and glacé cherries welcomed the Panel

Cask No. 68.78 India plenty of juicy fruitiness andAfter nine years in ex bourbon wood we put this into a customised first fill barrique (70 30 split American European oak with toasted heads). The resulting nose wowed us with kirsch, dried apricots and dates, prune and Armagnac tart, oloroso, marzipan and dark chocolate. The intensely exotic palate gave retro nasal wafts of smoking bananas in a Frankincense den, cinder toffee, sirop de Lige and Black Forest gateau. The reduced nose found pomegranate