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SPICY & SWEET

CASK No. 48.147

$160

Speyside

CASK TYPE 1st fill bourbon barrel

AGE 9 years

DATE DISTILLED 12 November 2012

OUTTURN 233 bottles

ABV 60.6%

AUS ALLOCATION 24 bottles

Nettle and blackcurrant leaf on the nose shifts to bubblegum and new tennis balls, then dried apricots, tobacco and oak. The palate finds chalky sweets and spearmint gum, then produces toffee bonbons and fly cemeteries, followed by a spicy warmth of ginger and white pepper on the finish. The reduced nose seems to deepen towards hessian bung cloths and dunnage warehouses, but with the beguiling sweetness of heather honey, rum and raisin fudge, coconut biscuits and treacle toffee. The palate now becomes a mouthwatering mixture of juicy peaches and pineapples, toffee, custard tarts and Armagnac with an autumnal herbal, minty finish.

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Last Seen Wandering Into The Woods

SPICY & SWEET

CASK No. 135.44

$175

Highland

CASK TYPE 1st fill bourbon barrel

AGE 10 years

DATE DISTILLED 5 May 2011

OUTTURN 230 bottles

ABV 60.1%

AUS ALLOCATION 24 bottles

A distinctly firm and rich aroma that invoked to us chopped hazelnuts, lemon curd, eucalyptus resins, freshly rolled linoleum, hand cream and white marshmallow. Some water brought nectarine, salted caramel, linseed oil, pinewood and herbal teas. Complex, characterful and unusual. The neat palate was oily and sweet initially. Some syrupy limoncello vibes along with fingerlimes, fruity muesli, dried apricot and pineapple jam. Water brought marzipan, lemon cough drops, olive oil and melted butter on a croissant.