THE FINESSE OF A FRAGRANT FURNACE

PEATED

CASK No. RR3

$499

Festival Bottling

REGION Islay

CASK TYPE

1st fill & refill American oak PX & bourbon hogsheads

AGE 14 years

DATE DISTILLED 27 May 2008

OUTTURN 2,125 bottles

ABV 56.8%

AUS ALLOCATION 126 bottles

Honeysuckle came glazed with a cocktail of rose water, bacon jam and barbecue sauce, plus a side dish of crab meat plucked from a vat of clarified butter. Need we say anything else? To the palate, this dram gifted smoked prune juice and cherry fondant served on driftwood. We also found crushed figs, apricot and brambles singed by a travelling firestarter intent on promoting the skills of cold smoking with peat. Introducing water elevated a smoked apple pie encased in a soft leather satchel, along with potted crab and rye bread.

REGION Islay

CASK TYPE

2nd fill bourbon & Spanish oak Oloroso hogsheads

AGE 18 years

DATE DISTILLED 16 Feb 2004

OUTTURN 1,173 bottles

ABV 56.9%

AUS ALLOCATION 84 bottles

A fine bouquet of fragrant flowers and scorched watermelon mingled with molten wax before it dripped onto tarry ropes. There were also iodine elements of seaweed scattered on a shellfish platter. The palate had fine finesse - juicy with charred pineapple, but devilishly moreish as butter melted over toasted coconut and just a nuance of eucalyptus converged with powdery coal tar. What could a dash of water do? Now wonderfully clean smoke engulfed the maritime familiarity of walks along the beach. Flowers were dotted about the sand dunes and herbal notes morphed into sweet phenols and antiseptic cream on peach skin.

DOGS, TIGERS AND CRABS

PEATED

CASK No. 66.212