ABSOLUTELY BEGUILING

Yeah yeah, another refill 46, right? Maybe so…maybe not…this cask was recently featured at a Melbourne event and was the surprise hit for many. Strangely more textural than usual, this 46.125 is an evolving beast showcasing just how versatile and delicious the Juicy, Oak & Vanilla profile sits, but also just how the magic of refill wood has charmed this distillate after 12 years. Expect notes of fruity waxes, lemon marmalade, petrichor, linseed oils and more and more…it just keeps evolving. An absolute sleeper hit.

Undying Wood

JUICY, OAK & VANILLA

CASK No. 46.125

$175

REGION Speyside

CASK TYPE 2nd fill bourbon barrel

AGE 12 years

DATE DISTILLED 14 April 2009

OUTTURN 225 bottles

ABV 55.2%

AUS ALLOCATION 42 bottles

We felt this one was unusually rich and sweet for a refill cask. We got some lovely initial notes of ice cream wafers, bramble bush, frangipane, fruity waxes and lemon marmalade. A kiss of mineral oil in the background. Water brought deeper, earthier tones such as potting shed, wintergreen, petrichor and wood resins. The neat palate opened with linseed oils, chopped walnuts, rose water, camphor and lightly dusty sandalwood. With water it evolved towards cigarette papers, lightly sweetened cereals, salted caramel and toasted sunflower seeds.

TEMPTATION’S TENDRILS

JUICY, OAK & VANILLA

CASK No. 138.15

$275

From Coast To Kiln

LIGHTLY PEATED

CASK No. 4.319

$199

REGION Taiwan

CASK TYPE 1st fill bourbon barrel

AGE 6 years

DATE DISTILLED 6 August 2015

OUTTURN 177 bottles

ABV

56.5%

AUS ALLOCATION 30 bottles

We encountered a nose full of dusty pollens, sandalwood, oily rags, camphor, aged mead, white pepper, damp tobacco leaf and hints of melon liqueur, rose syrup, Battenberg cake, lemon curd and fruit salad juices. With water we found a waxier element of furniture polish and beeswax. Putty, lime infused olive oil, chai tea, camphor, aged muscat wines, kumquat and cherry syrup. The palate displayed super richness and texture. Bright fruits, warm, toasty spices, paprika, spiced dark teas, aged cheng pi orange peels, heather flowers, marzipan and pear cordial.

REGION Highland

CASK TYPE 1st fill bourbon barrel

AGE 10 years

DATE DISTILLED 27 January 2011

OUTTURN 237 bottles

ABV 63.3%

AUS ALLOCATION 42 bottles AM WTC EXCL USIVE

The aroma for this one was typical and excellent. Heather flowers, aniseed, herbal cough syrup and mineral oils. Also wee touches of beach pebble, hessian and coal tar soap. Coastal and superbly fresh. With water we found acrylics, some emergent sharp smokiness, chalk, beach foam and bonfire embers. In the mouth the peat arrives much more clearly with immediate notes of kiln smoke, malt vinegar, seawater and olives in brine. At 6 years of age, we combined selected casks from the same distillery. We then returned the single malt into a variety of different casks to develop further. This is one of those casks.