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SWEET, FRUITY & MELLOW

CASK No. G15.18

$230

EXTRA MATURED

CASK TYPE Refill Trinidad Rum barrel

AGE 14 years

DATE DISTILLED 24 January 2008

OUTTURN 211 bottles

ABV 57.6%

AUS ALLOCATION 30 bottles

We were expecting something rather extreme given the rum cask, but instead we were greeted with a surprisingly gentle aroma of vanilla pods, sweet pipe tobacco, Frangelico liqueur, gorse flower, myrtle and coconut water with citrus peels. Reduction offered up barley sugars, tea tree oils, young sweet wines and pineapple cubes. Some mentholated esters finally betrayed the rum influence. The palate started out with creme de menthe, coffee liqueur and wee notes of bourbon biscuit and chocolate hobnob. Matured for 11 years in a bourbon barrel before transfer to a refill Trinidad rum barrel from an SMWS R13 cask!

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A Sweet And Tasty Treat

SWEET, FRUITY & MELLOW

CASK No. 63.92

$249

Speyside

CASK TYPE 1st fill bourbon barrel

AGE 19 years

DATE DISTILLED 9 May 2002

OUTTURN 178 bottles

ABV 54.2%

AUS ALLOCATION 36 bottles

A freshly baked soft, fluffy and slightly sweet slice of braided yeast bread (Hefezopf or challah) topped with sugar crystals and sliced nuts spread with butter – a light and tasty treat! On the palate a rich New York cheesecake which had a dreamy creamy flavour with a hint of lemon and vanilla wafer crumbs as the crust. Following reduction we enjoyed marshmallows, chocolate limes, cookie dough and melon balls as we drank a luscious Melontini cocktail – crema di melone, vodka, Amaretto liqueur and cream all shaken, strained into a Martini glass and then garnished with melon balls - living la dolce vita!

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