Cask No. 4.396 Blended Savoury herbs and Chinese five-spice

Savoury herbs and Chinese five-spice keeps all this fruitiness in check for a deeply delicious dram

The heat of charred wood rises first from the glass

cocoa butter and candied walnuts

Distillery #80 produces truly wonderful whisky which is rarely available in single cask

Colour: Full

Cask No. 4.396 Blended Savoury herbs and Chinese five-spiceWe all agreed this one was immediately stunning, as wispy Orcadian peat smoke mingled with impeccable, old style sherry. It was observed more than once that this whisky was highly reminiscent of MUCH older official bottlings from this distillery. The nose evolved with beautiful and generous aromas of waxes, dried mushrooms, hessian, lapsing souchong tea and flinty coastal notes. Water brought peppery pastrami meatiness, black pepper, game salami,