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IRRESISTIBLY BEAUTIFUL HARMONY
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CASK No. GN5.6
$135
REGION Scotland
CASK TYPE 2nd fill bourbon barrel
AGE years
DATE DISTILLED 23 March 2020
OUTTURN 240 bottles
ABV 49.6%
AUS ALLOCATION 48 bottles
The aroma was like a walk amid green cone pines with the alternation of lawns, groves of flowering shrubs, rhododendrons, flourishing juniper bushes and lochans (small inland lakes) - a very harmonious landscape. On the palate neat, a blackberry and Meyer lemon gin and tonic, using the much sweeter less acidic lemon with an intriguing spicy bergamot fragrant taste reminded us more of spice or herb. After a drop of water, we used the Meyer lemons to make a floral tempting homemade lemonade as well as a creamy marmalade which we pepped up with a little cracked black pepper and caraway seeds.
Apple Sherbet Crumble
JUICY, OAK & VANILLA
CASK No. 2.135
$240
IT’S A PEACH
JUICY, OAK & VANILLA
CASK No. 113.61
$180
REGION Speyside
CASK TYPE 1st fill bourbon barrel
AGE 15 years
DATE DISTILLED 7 April 2006
OUTTURN 189 bottles
ABV 56.5%
AUS ALLOCATION 30 bottles
Freshly baked apple crumble dusted with cinnamon and served with custard arrived with manuka honey, pink wafer biscuits and strawberries topped with macadamia nuts and mint leaves. On the palate, carrot cake made with crystalised ginger and hazelnuts joined baklava, vanilla ice cream and toasted cereals, while the lively character of apple sherbet combined with crushed nettle leaves. Water enhanced the toasty notes with freshly baked bread, oat biscuits and warm doughnuts combining with allspice, nut oils and kirsch. Flavours warmed the mouth with cinnamon and ginger, while a squeeze of lemon in Earl Grey tea developed into gin botanicals, green leaves and oak tannins on the finish.
REGION Speyside
CASK TYPE 1st fill bourbon barrel
AGE 11 years
DATE DISTILLED 4 Oct 2010
OUTTURN 199 bottles
ABV 65.4%
AUS ALLOCATION 36 bottles
We found ourselves in a German bakery - Windbeutel (classic cream puffs),Zimtschnecken (cinnamon rolls) and Quarktaschen (curd cheese turnover with puff pastry). Soft and mellow on the palate with silky pastry cream, coconut, mango and pineapple as well as, back in the bakery, white chocolate cheesecake. Following the addition of water an effervescent mixture of a gin and tonic with a slice of Seville orange alongside cinnamon roasted peaches with honey mascarpone whipped cream emerged before we were served that classic cocktail from Venice invented in 1948.
